Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2007

Trinidad and Tobago, 2007

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TTO_2007_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, Tobago House of Assembly

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q19)

Data file: TTH2007_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 2697

Invalid: 272

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 24

End: 24

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	1720	63.8%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	200	7.4%
3	Cut, puncture, stab wound	242	9%
4	Concussion/head injury	70	2.6%
5	I had a gunshot wound	45	1.7%
6	I had a bad burn	31	1.1%
7	Lost foot, leg, hand, or arm	9	0.3%
8	Something else happened to me	380	14.1%
Sysmiss		272

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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