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the pedestrian had been hit by a heavy lorry or bus. Taken over all ages, from about the
age of 60 onwards women account for at least one half of injuries. Taken over all ages,
gender distribution is on the whole fairly even, with women accounting for 51% of
injuries. The PAR data do not make it possible to describe the traffic environments or
external circumstances (e.g. speed limits and light conditions) in which the injuries
occurred.
The "pedestrian-only" accidents (pedestrians in road/street environment incl.
footways injured without the involvement of vehicles) account for many injuries
according to the inpatient register. When those which, according to the coding, occurred
in connection with sports/exercise are excluded, there remain 19,656 injuries over the
period 1998–2007, on average almost 2,000 injuries annually. The annual variation has
however been very large. The most common cause of “pedestrian-only” casualties,
about 84 percent, was falling at he same level. Among these the most common was
slipping/stumbling/tripping without the presence of ice/snow.
The injury index "Number of injuries per 100,000 population" and its development over
the period 1998–2007 show that the oldest age class (≥ 75) has an appreciably higher
injury index than other ages. From the age of 42 onwards, all age classes have mostly
women among the injuries. The older pensioners (≥ 75) account for many injuries, and
the proportion of women is often above 70% in every age class. Taken over all ages,
women on the whole account for ca 63% of the injuries.
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