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Global School-Based Student Health Survey 2023
St Catherine Parish

Jamaica, 2023
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JAM_2023_GSHS_v01
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National Council on Drug Abuse
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Global School-based Student Health Survey
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May 13, 2026
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Type of serious injury (in_typeinj)

Data file: JAM-St-Cath-2023

Overview

Valid: 2721
Invalid: 320
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 86
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During the past 12 months, what was the most serious injury that happened to you?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I was not seriously injured during the past 12 months 1647
60.5%
2 I had a broken bone, a dislocated joint, or a broken or knocked out tooth 157
5.8%
3 I had a cut or stab wound 295
10.8%
4 I had a concussion or other head or neck injury, was knocked out, or could not breathe 73
2.7%
5 I had a gunshot wound 14
0.5%
6 I had a bad burn 68
2.5%
7 I was poisoned or took too much of a drug 12
0.4%
8 Something else happened to me 455
16.7%
Sysmiss 320
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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