Epidemiology of isolated hand injuries in the United Arab Emirates

Table 2 Isolated hand injury hospitalization by location and mechanism, Al Ain Hospital, 2003-2006 (n = 210) n (%)

Variable	Location of injury
	Work	Road	Home	Other	Total
Machinery	72 (51.1)	0	2 (5.6)	2 (10)	76 (36.2)
Heavy object	39 (27.7)	0	4 (11.1)	0	43 (20.5)
Fall	8 (5.7)	1 (7.7)	9 (25)	5 (25)	23 (11)
Cut	8 (5.7)	0	10 (27.8)	2 (10)	20 (9.5)
Burn	9 (6.4)	0	6 (16.7)	1 (5)	16 (7.6)
Traffic	0	12 (92.3)	1 (2.8)	3 (15)	16 (7.6)
Crush	3 (2.1)	0	2 (5.6)	0	5 (2.4)
Animal	0	0	0	4 (20)	4 (1.9)
Other	2 (1.4)	0	2 (5.6)	3 (15)	7 (3.3)
Total	141 (100)1	13 (100)	36 (100)1	20 (100)	210 (100)1

¹The percentage may not add to 100 due to rounding.