Table 4

Relative risk between 1983/1984 and 1989 estimated by odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for sport related injuries in the study area (Motala) over the registration periods classified according to diagnosis and location of injury and degree of severity

Degree of severity
Minor (AIS 1)Moderate (AIS 2)Serious (AIS 3–6)All
Location or causeDiagnosis*1983/198419891983/198419891983/198419891983/19841989
*Specification of diagnosis (International statistical classification of diseases, injuries, and causes of death, 1965 revision): I, 800–804, 830, 850–854, 870–874, 879, 910, 930–933, 935; II, 810–819, 831–834, 840–842, 880–887, 912–915; III, 805–809, 846–848, 860–869, 875–878, 911, 934, 936–939; IV, 820–829, 835–839, 843–845, 890–897, 916–917; V, 900–907, 918, 920–929; VI, 940–999.
AIS, Abbreviated injury scale.
HeadI
Injured40342513527049
Non-injured41 39241 67641 40741 69741 42741 70841 36241 661
Odds ratio0.84 (0.53–1.33)0.52 (0.26–1.01)0.40 (0.08–2.05)0.69 (0.48–1.00)
Upper extremitiesII
Injured66571215413188114
Non-injured41 36641 65341 31141 65641 24441 596
Odds ratio0.86 (0.60–1.22)0.44 (0.32–0.61)0.60 (0.48–0.76)
Spine, chest, and pelvisIII
Injured22102717004927
Non-injured41 41041 70041 40541 69341 38341 683
Odds ratio0.45 (0.21–0.95)0.63 (0.34–1.15)0.55 (0.34–0.88)
Lower extremitiesIV
Injured115143206177716328336
Non-injured41 31741 56741 22641 53341 42541 69441 10441 374
Odds ratio1.24 (0.97–1.58)0.85 (0.70–1.04)2.27 (0.93–5.52)1.02 (0.87–1.19)
Lacerations and injuries at multiple sites; crush injuriesV
Injured117198972010215218
Non-injured41 31541 51241 33541 69041 21641 491
Odds ratio1.68 (1.34–2.12)0.20 (0.13–0.33)1.01 (0.83–1.22)
OtherVI
Injured32110043
Non-injured41 42941 70841 42841 706
Odds ratio0.66 (0.11–3.96)0.99 (0.25–3.97)
All
Injured3634444772821421854747
Non-injured41 06941 26640 95541 42841 41841 68940 57740 961
Odds ratio1.22 (1.06–1.40)0.58 (0.50–0.68)1.49 (0.76–2.93)0.87 (0.79–0.96)