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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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Cause of serious injury (in_causeinj)

Data file: JAM-St-Cath-2023

Overview

Valid: 2732
Invalid: 309
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 59
Range: 1 - 8
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During the past 12 months, what was the major cause of the most serious injury that happened to you?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 I was not seriously injured during the past 12 months 1705
62.4%
2 I was in a motor vehicle accident or hit by a motor vehicle 66
2.4%
3 I fell 202
7.4%
4 Something fell on me or hit me 104
3.8%
5 I was attacked or abused or was fighting with someone 94
3.4%
6 I was in a fire or too near a flame or something hot 45
1.6%
7 I breathed or swallowed something bad for me 30
1.1%
8 Something else caused my injury 486
17.8%
Sysmiss 309
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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