Table 4.
Distribution of injuries causing admission by cause and gender, Kisumu, western Kenya, January–December, 2003
| Gender | |||||
| Cause of Injury | TotalN=1010 | Malen=659 (65.2) | Femalen=351 (34.8) | OR (95% CI) | P-Value |
| RTC | 500 (49.5) | 330 (50.3) | 167 (47.7) | 1.11 (0.85 to 1.45) | 0.434 |
| Assault | 153 (15.1) | 120 (18.2) | 33 (9.4) | 2.22 (1.45 to 3.41) | <0.001 |
| Falls | 103 (10.2) | 71 (10.8) | 32 (9.1) | 1.21 (0.76 to 1.92) | 0.402 |
| SII | 101 (10.0) | 63 (9.6) | 38(10.9) | 0.87 (0.56 to 1.36) | 0.529 |
| Burns | 71 (7.0) | 30 (4.6) | 41 (11.4) | 0.32 (0.19 to 0.55) | <0.001 |
| Poisoning | 67 (6.6) | 34 (5.2) | 33 (9.4) | 0.51 (0.30 to 0.86) | 0.007 |
| Dog bite | 4 (0.4) | 2(0.2) | 2 (0.6) | 0.53 (0.05 to 5.29) | 0.995 |
| Cuts | 2 (0.2) | 1 (0.2) | 1 (0.3) | 0.53 (0.01 to 19.51) | 0.651 |
| STI | 2 (0.2) | 2 (0.2) | 0 (0.0) | — | — |
| Others | 7 (0.7) | 4 (0.6) | 3 (0.9) | 0.71 (0.13 to 4.00) | 0.653 |
RTC= Road Traffic Crashes SII, Self-Inflicted Injuries OR=odds ratio CI=confidence interval STI, Soft Tissue Injuries Figures in parenthesis are percents