Supplementary data table 1:

Variation in injury severity per weapon type

ISS
N (%) (Median [IQR])

Folding blade of 3 inches or less 15 (3%) 4 (1.5, 4)

Household knife 48 (9%) 5 (2, 10)

Knife (other/unspecified) 202 (38%) 5 (2, 10)

Machete 74 (14%) 5 (3, 10)

Missing 193 (36%) 9 (4, 16)

Total 532 9 (3, 13)

Supplementary data table 2:

Association between weapon type and body region injured (frequency and percentage)

Weapon
Folding blade Household Knife (Other / Machete Missing Total
of three inches knife Unspecified)
or less
Isolated
1 (7%) 8 (17%) 50 (25%) 33 (45%) 23 (12%) 115 (22%)
Limb
Isolated
6 (40%) 5 (10%) 13 (6%) 3 (4%) 14 (7%) 41 (8%)
Head Neck
Body Region

Isolated
1 (7%) 5 (10%) 26 (13%) 3 (4%) 22 (11%) 57 (11%)
Abdomen
Isolated
2 (13%) 11 (23%) 36 (18%) 1 (1%) 48 (25%) 98 (18%)
Thorax
Multiple
5 (33%) 19 (40%) 77 (38%) 34 (46%) 86 (45%) 221 (42%)
Regions
Total 15 48 202 74 193 532

Supplementary data figure 1:

Relationship between weapon type and anatomical region injured

Fitted probabilities calculated using unadjusted log-liner multinomial regression models are shown with
associated 95% confidence intervals.