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TERENGGANU GSHS 2012 Results

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, 25.6% (95% CI: 22.64-28.88) of the students had been physically attacked (Table
11.1.1). Overall, 25.2% (95% CI: 20.07-31.14) had been involved in a physical _ght with signi_cantly
more males [32.8% (95% CI: 26.16-40.30)] than females [17.1% (95% CI: 12.91-22.33)] reporting this
(Table 11.2.1). About 38.2% (95% CI: 33.42- 43.15) of the students had been seriously injured with
signi_cantly more males [44.4% (95% CI: 38.89-50.08)] than females [31.7% (95% CI: 27.39-36.25)]
involved (Table 11.3.1). Among those who had been seriously injured, the two most common injuries
were“a cut or stab wound”[29.7% (95% CI: 23.90-36.29)] and“a broken bone or dislocated joint”[17.6%
(95% CI: 13.68-22.36)] (Table 11.4). The two most common causes of serious injury were“fall”[34.8%
(95% CI: 31.11-38.73)] and“motor vehicle accident”[20.2% (95% CI: 14.44- 27.60)] (Table 11.5). In the
past 30 days, 13.4% (95% CI: 10.62-16.86) of the students had been bullied (Table 11.6.1). Reportedly,
the two most common forms of bullying were‘‘made fun of with sexual jokes, comments or gestures”
[22.6% (95% CI: 15.77-31.27] and“made fun because of body or face look”[18.4% (95% CI: 12.17-26.81]
(Table 11.7). About 9.0% (95% CI: 6.77-11.91) of the students had been abused physically (Table
11.8.1) and 44.0% (95% CI: 39.75-48.25) were abused verbally at home with signi_cantly more females
[52.3% (95% CI: 47.36-57.30)] than males [35.9% (95% CI: 32.12-39.91)] (Table 11.9.1).

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