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Table 3 Activity performed when injury occurred

From: Profiling the injuries of law enforcement recruits during academy training: a retrospective cohort study

Activity

Proportion of injuries (%)

95% CI

Incidence

Proportion of injuries—male (%)

95% CI

Proportion of injuries—female (%)

95% CI

Physical Training

316 (55.63%)

51.52–59.66%

206.51

199 (54.37%)

49.25–59.40%

115 (59.28%)

52.25–65.95%

Defensive Tactics

113 (19.89%)

16.81–23.37%

72.47

87 (23.77%)

19.70–28.39%

24 (12.37%)

8.46–17.75%

Unknown

51 (8.98%)

6.90–11.61%

32.71

29 (7.92%)

5.57–11.14%

20 (10.31%)

6.77–15.39%

Occupational Simulations

42 (7.39%)

5.51–9.84%

26.94

26 (7.10%)

4.89–10.20%

14 (7.22%)

4.35–11.75%

Marching

12 (2.11)%

1.21–3.65%

7.70

9 (2.46%)

1.30–4.61%

13 (6.70%)

3.96–11.12%

Range

8 (1.41%)

0.72–2.76%

5.13

3 (0.82%)

0.28–2.38%

5 (2.58%)

1.11–5.89%

Personal Hygiene

7 (1.23%)

0.60–2.52%

4.49

5 (1.36%)

0.59–3.16%

2 (1.03%)

0.28–3.68%

Manual Handling

5 (0.88%)

0.38–2.04%

3.21

5 (1.36%)

0.59–3.16%

0

 

Class

1 (0.18%)

0.03–1.00%

0.64

1 (0.27%)

0.05–1.53%

0

 

Standing

1 (0.18%)

0.03–1.00%

0.64

1 (0.27%)

0.05–1.53%

0

 

Total

568 (100%)

  

366 (100%)

 

194 (100%)

 
  1. (1) Incidence reported in cases per 1000 recruits per year of exposure of training. (2) Unknown injuries had insufficient data to classify activity at time of injury. Columns may not add up to 100% due to rounding