Table 1

Numbers of fractures at different sites sustained on control and snow-and-ice days and their associated RR compared to 33 years ago

Fracture of	Snow-and-ice days	Control days a year later	RR (CI)	RR 33 years ago
Arm	20	7	3.2 (1.4 to 7.6)*	3.7
Forearm and wrist	33	13	2.9 (1.5 to 5.4)*	7.3
Hand	14	10	1.6 (0.7 to 3.5)	0.94
Spine and chest	2	4	0.6 (0.1 to 3.1)	1.75
Hip	11	10	1.2 (0.5 to 2.9)	3.5
Leg	13	3	4.9 (1.4 to 17)*	3.7
Ankle and foot	27	16	1.9 (1.0 to 3.5)	2.55
Total	120^†	63	–	–

*p<0.01.
^†There were four facial fractures in our study that were not included in this table. This is because Ralis et al did not include facial fractures in his original study, and therefore we did not include those in this comparative table.