Table 1.

Cause of injury related deaths among Ghanaian adolescents 10 to 19 years by gender and age group

				Young Adolescents	Older Adolescents
	Female	Male		10-14 years	15-19 years
Cause of Death	Number (%)	Number (%)	p-value	Number (%)	Number (%)	p-value
Drowning	12(25)	45(44)	0.020	23(46)	34(33)	0.141
Road Traffic Accident	24(49)	26(25)	0.004	17(34)	33(33)	0.870
Electrocution	4(8)	7(7)	0.748*	4(8)	7(7)	1.000*
Poisoning	4(8)	3(3)	0.215*	1(2)	6(6)	0.426*
Hanging	1(2)	4(4)	1.000*	0(-)	5(5)	0.171*
Burns	2(4)	3(3)	0.660*	1(2)	4(4)	1.000*
Stab/Gunshot Wound	0(-)	5(5)	0.175*	1(2)	4(4)	1.000*
Other	2(4)	9(9)	0.505*	3(6)	8(8)	1.000*
Total	49(100)	102(100)		50(100)	101(100)

* Fisher's exact test