Table 3.
Injury distribution by cause and gender attending the emergency department (ED), Kisumu, western Kenya, January 2002–December, 2003
| Gender | |||||
| Cause of Injury | TotalN=6319 | Malen=4198 (66) | Femalen=2121 (34) | OR (95% CI) | P-Value |
| Assault | 2629 (41.6) | 1750 (41.7) | 879 (41.4) | 1.01 (0.91 to 1.12) | 0.853 |
| RTC | 1749 (27.7) | 1134 (27.0) | 615 (29.0) | 0.91 (0.81 to 1.02) | 0.096 |
| STI | 714 (11.3) | 497 (11.8) | 217 (10.2) | 1.18 (0.99 to 1.40) | 0.057 |
| Cuts | 452 (7.2) | 339(8.1) | 113 (5.3) | 1.56 (1.25 to 1.96) | <0.001 |
| Falls | 212 (3.4) | 128 (3.0) | 84 (4.0) | 0.76 (0.57 to 1.02) | 0.586 |
| Dog bites | 207 (3.3) | 132 (3.1) | 75 (3.5) | 0.89 (0.66 to 1.19) | 0.409 |
| Burns | 78 (1.2) | 48 (1.1) | 30 (1.4) | 0.81 (0.51 to 1.31) | 0.409 |
| Poisoning | 49 (0.8) | 21 (0.5) | 28 (1.3) | 0.38 (0.21 to 0.69) | 0.357 |
| SII | 2 (0.0) | 2 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | — |
| Others | 227 (3.6) | 147 (3.5) | 80 (3.8) | 0.93 (0.70 to 1.23) | 0.585 |
RTC= Road Traffic Crashes STI, Soft Tissue Injuries (unspecified) SII, Self-Inflicted Injuries OR=odds ratio CI=confidence interval Figures in parenthesis are percents