Table 1.
Injury cause for sample and by gender.
| Injury Mechanism | All (N = 1329) n (%) |
Males (n = 956) n (%) |
Females (n = 373) n (%) |
Statistic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTA | 688 (51.8) | 522 (54.5) | 166 (44.6) | χ2 (1) = 10.4, p = .001 |
| *Blunt force | 58 (4.4) | 51 (5.3) | 7 (1.9) | χ2 (1) = 7.1, p = .01 |
| Burn | 22 (1.7) | 12 (1.3) | 10 (2.7) | NS |
| Fall | 282 (21.2) | 167 (17.5) | 115 (30.9) | χ2 (1) = 28.8, p < .0001 |
| Gunshot | 2 (< 1) | 2 (<1) | 0 | NS |
| Strangulation | 1 (<1) | 1 (< 1) | 0 | NS |
| Animal | 12 (1) | 7 (1) | 5 (1.3) | NS |
| Fight/stab/cut | 150 (11.3) | 117 (12.3) | 33 (8.9) | NS |
| Landmine | 11 (1) | 7 (1) | 4 (1.1) | NS |
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Blunt force = non-penetrating injury.