Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2009

Dominica, 2009

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DMA_2009_GSHS_v01

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Ministry of Health and Environment

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Global School-based Student Health Survey

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Sep 24, 2018

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What was serious injury past 12 mo. (Q18)

Data file: DMA2009_Public_Use

Overview

Valid: 1438

Invalid: 204

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 26

End: 26

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

The next 3 questions ask about serious injuries that happened to you. 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	948	65.9%
2	Broken bone/dislocated joint	74	5.1%
3	I had a cut or stab wound	94	6.5%
4	Concussion/head injury	30	2.1%
5	I had a gunshot wound	15	1%
6	I had a bad burn	22	1.5%
7	I was poisoned	9	0.6%
8	Something else happened to me	246	17.1%
Sysmiss		204

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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