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Table 3 Number of baby walker incidents by external cause, number of floors in the home, and nationality, families of female Grade-12 students, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, 2005 (n = 696)a

From: Baby walker injury, disability, and death in a high-income middle eastern country, as reported by siblings

External cause of injury

  

Number of stories in home

Nationality

Total

1 (n = 440)

≥2 (n = 253)

UAE (n = 385)

Other (n = 311)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Hitting hard objectb

1322

48

783

47

537

49

685

49

637

47

Flipping over on flat surface

632

23

410

25

222

20

301

21

331

25

Accessing dangerous itemc

473

17

309

18

163

15

202

14

271

20

Falling down stairs

300

11

143

9

157

14

200

14

100

7

Falling into swimming pool

32

1

18

1

14

1

21

2

11

1

Total

2759

100

1663

100

1093

99d

1409

100

1350

100

  1. a Number of incidents exceeds number of families; b includes furniture; c includes knives, poisons, electrical outlets, d percent does not total 100 due to rounding