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Ankle and foot injuries in Mexican public hospital emergency departments: a cross-sectional analysis of injury-related visits

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  • Celis, Avryl Paredes
  • Báez Escaza, Brenda Vanesa

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Introduction: Ankle and foot injuries are frequent in emergency departments, but their contribution to injury-related visits in Mexican public hospitals has not been quantified from national administrative data. Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of the 2024 Registro de Urgencias of the Mexican Ministry of Health. Injury-related visits were records with a principal diagnosis in ICD-10 chapter XIX (S00-T98), and ankle and foot injuries were those in block S90-S99. Proportions with 95% Wilson confidence intervals were estimated by age, sex, reason for attention and state of residence. Results: The registry contained 7,989,731 urgency records, of which 1,273,708 were injury-related. Ankle and foot injuries totalled 96,846 visits, representing 7.6% of injury-related visits (95% CI 7.56-7.65) and 1.21% of all records. The share was 8.6% in children aged 5 to 14 years and 4.6% at 65 years or older, 6.7% in males and 9.0% in females, and ranged from 4.6% in Morelos to 11.5% in Aguascalientes across states. Conclusions: Ankle and foot injuries account for a measurable and geographically variable share of injury-related emergency visits, concentrated in childhood, adolescence and women, with sprains and strains as the leading subtype.

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  • Celis, Avryl Paredes & Báez Escaza, Brenda Vanesa, 2025. "Ankle and foot injuries in Mexican public hospital emergency departments: a cross-sectional analysis of injury-related visits," SAP Podiatry, South American Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwf:podart:pod2025157
    DOI: 10.62486/pod2025157
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