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Results W.P. PUTRAJAYA GSHS 2012

3.11 Violence and Unintentional Injury

Introduction

Unintentional injuries is a major cause of death and disability among young children (66). Each year,
about 875,000 children under the age of 18 years die from injuries and 10 to 30 million have their
lives a\ected by injury. Injury is highly associated with age, and gender, in which males aged 10-14
years have 60% higher injury death rates than females.Teenagers aged 15-19 years have higher rates
than those aged 10-14 years (64 compared to 29 per 100,000). Many unintentional injuries lead to
permanent disability and brain damage, depression, substance abuse, suicide attempts, and the
adoption of health risk behaviours. Victims of bullying have increased stress and a reduced ability to
concentrate. Additionally, they are at increased risk for substance abuse, aggressive behavior and
suicide attempts (67).

Findings

In the past 12 months, 25.0% (95% CI: 22.31-27.97) of the students had been physically attacked and
this is signi^cantly higher among males [35.3% (95% CI: 31.69-39.14)] than females [17.2% (95% CI:
14.15-20.86)] (Table 11.1.1). Overall, 23.8% (95% CI: 20.69-27.13) had had been involved in a physical
^ght with signi^cantly more males [34.1% (95% CI: 30.29-38.09)] than females [15.9% (95% CI: 12.57-
19.82)] reporting this (Table 11.2.1). About 28.8% (95% CI: 25.55-32.32) of the students had been
seriously injured, with signi^cantly more males [38.9% (95% CI: 34.93-43.08)] than females [21.6%
(95% CI: 18.16-25.57) involved (Table 11.3.1). Among those who had been seriously injured, the two
most common injuries were“a broken bone or dislocated joint”26.3% (95% CI: 21.17-32.24) and“a cut
or stab wound”[18.2% (95% CI: 14.89-22.12)] (Table 11.4). The two most common causes of serious
injury were fall [36.1% (95% CI: 31.01-41.62)] and “something fell on me or hit me” [11.1% (95% CI:
8.53-14.42)] (Table 11.5). In the past 30 days, 17.6% (95% CI: 14.88-20.78) of the students had been
bullied (Table 11.6.1). Reportedly, the two most common forms of bulling were being “made fun
because of body or face looks” [40.2% (95% CI: 33.74-47.04)], and “made fun of with sexual jokes,
comments or gestures”[14.8% (95% CI: 11.12-19.45)] (Table 11.7). About 8.1% (95% CI: 6.67-9.88) of
the students had been abused physically (Table 11.8.1) and 46.8% (95% CI: 44.11-49.60) had been
abused verbally at home with signi^cantly higher among females [52.3% (95% CI: 47.89-56.66)] than
males [39.7% (95% CI: 36.97-42.57)] (Table 11.9.1).

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