Epidemiology of isolated hand injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Table 1 Isolated hand injury hospitalization by age group and mechanism, Al Ain Hospital, 2003-2006 (n = 210) n (%)

Variable	Age groups
	0-14	15-29	30-59	Total
Machinery	1 (4.2)	32 (41)	43 (40.2)	76 (36.4)
Heavy object	3 (12.5)	12 (15.4)	28 (26.2)	43 (20.6)
Fall	5 (20.8)	9 (11.5)	9 (8.4)	23 (11)
Cut	6 (25)	9 (11.5)	5 (4.7)	20 (9.6)
Traffic	3 (12.5)	6 (7.7)	7 (6.5)	16 (7.6)
Burn	4 (16.7)	4 (5.1)	7 (6.5)	15 (7.2)
Crush	1 (4.2)	2 (2.6)	2 (1.9)	5 (2.4)
Animal	1 (4.2)	0	3 (2.8)	4 (1.9)
Other	0	4 (5.1)	3 (2.8)	7 (3.3)
Total	24 (100)1	78 (100)1	107 (100)	209 (100)1

¹The percentage may not add to 100 due to rounding; age of 1 patient was unknown.