Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2004

Guyana, 2004

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GUY_2004_GSHS_v01

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PAHO/WHO Guyana

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Aug 07, 2018

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (q19)

Data file: GYH2004_public_use

Overview

Valid: 869

Invalid: 343

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 5 questions ask about the most serious injury that happened to you during the past 12 months. An injury is serious when it makes you miss at least one full day of usual activities (such as school, sports, or a job) or requires treatment by a doctor or nurse.

Literal question

During the past 12 months, what was the most serious injury that happened to you?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Not seriously injured	596	68.6%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	51	5.9%
3	Cut, puncture, stab wound	68	7.8%
4	Concussion/head injury	11	1.3%
5	I had a gunshot wound	3	0.3%
6	I had a bad burn	15	1.7%
7	Lost foot, leg, hand, or arm	7	0.8%
8	Something else happened to me	118	13.6%
Sysmiss		343

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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