Assessing the completeness of coded and narrative data from the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset using injuries sustained during fitness activities as a case study

Table 2 Completeness of specified parent coding and narratives relating to fitness-related injuries reported in the VEMD

n = 2936	Parent coding						Narrative		Informative				Uninformative
	specified		other specified		unspecified		contained in the text narrative		‘specified’ or ‘other specified’ in parent coding and contained in narrative		‘unspecified’ in parent coding and contained in narrative		‘unspecified’ in parent coding and not contained in narrative
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
nature of injury	2718	92.6	88	3.0	130	4.4	797	27.1	771	26.3	26	0.9	104	3.5
body region	2835	96.6	N/A^a	N/A^a	101	3.4	2214	75.4	2134	72.7	80	2.7	21	0.7
activity	2337	79.6	170	5.8	429	14.6	1796	61.2	1522	51.8	274	9.3	155	5.3
cause	1400	47.7	1039	35.4	497	16.9	1349	45.9	1268	43.2	81	2.7	416	14.2
place	2209	75.2	268	9.1	459	15.6	1898	64.6	1723	58.7	175	6.0	284	9.7

Note: ^athe body region variable does not have ‘other specified’ as an option to select

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