Pattern of presenting complaints recorded as near-drowning events in emergency departments: a national surveillance study from Pakistan

Table 1 Intention of injuries presented as "near-drowning" and the nature of injury

Intention of Injuries	Unintentional (n = 40)	Intentional (n = 40)		Total (n = 80)***
	True Near-Drowning (n = 40)	Self-inflicted (n = 19)
Nature of Injury*	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Sprain/strains/bruises	9 (22.5)	1 (5.3)	4 (19.0)	14 (17.5)
Cut/Open wound	21 (52.5)	11 (57.9)	2 (9.5)	34 (42.5)
Fracture	4 (10.0)	3 (15.8)	5 (23.8)	12 (15.0)
Head injury/contusion	0 (0.0)	1 (5.3)	3 (14.3)	4 (5.0)
Burn**	1 (2.5)	0 (0.0)	1 (4.8)	2 (2.5)
Missing	5 (12.5)	3 (15.8)	6 (28.6)	14 (17.5)

Note: comparing the intent of injury within each nature of injury, no statistical significance was found for any group. (For Sprain/strains/bruises, Cut/open wound, and Fracture, P values were 0.23, 0.07, and 0.21. For Head injury/contusion and burn injuries, chi-square test could not be applied)
* Based on the main nature of injury for each patient, and did not consider other accompanying nature of injury
** Burn: one case of burn<20% (Unintentional), and one case of burn>20% (Assault).
*** Missing: 39.8%

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