Table 2.
Age and sex distribution of injuries.
| Injury | Females |
Males |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–40 | 41–65 | >65 | 18–40 | 41–65 | >65 | |
| Road traffic (estimate [95 % CI) | 40.4 (29.9, 51.0) | 50.6 (39.7, 61.4) | 9.0 (2.4, 15.6) | 57.2 (50.2, 64.1) | 36.4 (29.6, 43.2) | 6.4 (3.0, 9.9) |
| Burn | 69.5 (44.8, 94.3) | 14.0 (−4.9, 32.9) | 16.43 (−3.0, 35.9) | 72.73 (48.3, 97.2) | 27.3 (2.8, 51.7) | -a |
| Falling | 21.6 (17.0, 26.2) | 52.5 (46.7, 58.2) | 25.9 (20.8, 30.9) | 39.3 (33.0, 45.6) | 39.0 (32.6, 45.3) | 21.7 (15.8, 27.6) |
| Drown | – | – | – | – | 100 (100, 100) | – |
| Shock | – | – | – | 39.8 (−18.8, 98.4) | 60.2 (1.6, 118.8) | – |
| Poison | 72.4 (28.1, 116.7) | 27.6 (−16.7, 71.9) | – | 64.3 (10.9, 117.8) | 35.7 (−17.7, 89.1) | – |
| Suicide | 100 (100, 100) | – | – | 100 (100, 100) | – | – |
| Violence | 46.6 (9.4, 83.9) | 18.7 (−9.1, 46.6) | 34.6 (−2.7, 72.0) | 75.6 (51.1, 100.2) | 24.4 (−0.2, 48.9) | – |
| Scorpion or snake bite | – | – | – | 14.4 (−15.7, 44.5) | 85.6 (55.5, 115.7) | – |
| Animal attack | 38.9 (6.2, 86.0) | 53.4 (12.3, 90.4) | 7.7 (0.9, 44.3) | 41.7 (14.3, 75.4) | 22.9 (6.4, 56.2) | 35.4 (9.9, 73.3) |
| Hit | 39.6 (28.5, 51.8) | 43.04 (31.62, 55.25) | 17.4 (9.78, 29.03) | 52.42 (44.15, 60.57) | 39.6 (31.83, 47.94) | 7.98 (4.55, 13.61) |
| Other | 49.5 (37.3, 61.1) | 43.2 (31.1, 55.3) | 7.2 (1.5, 13.0) | 57.3 (46.4, 68.1) | 39.7 (29.0, 50.5) | 3.0 (−1.1, 7.1) |
Data are presented as percentage and 95 % CI.
a
Inadequate data.