Table 5.
Mean LOS (in days), bed-days and mortality of hospitalized patients by cause, Kisumu, western Kenya
| Cause of injury | Number of patients hospitalized (%) |
Mean LOS | Total inpatient-days No. (%) |
Number of deaths N=64(%) |
Mortality among hospitalized |
| RTC | 500 (49.5) | 7.9 | 3363 (46.9) | 27 (42.2) | 5.4 |
| Fall | 103 (10.2) | 15.6 | 1609 (19.1) | 6 (9.4) | 5.8 |
| Assault | 153 (15.1) | 8.1 | 1235(14.6) | 11 (17.2) | 7.2 |
| Burn | 71 (7.0) | 13.5 | 961 (11.4) | 12 (18.8) | 16.9 |
| SII | 101 (10.0) | 4.2 | 419 (5.0) | 5 (7.8) | 5.0 |
| Poisoning | 67 (6.6) | 2.4 | 161 (1.9) | 3 (4.7) | 4.5 |
| Cut wounds | 2 (0.2) | 12.0 | 24 (0.3) | - | - |
| Dog bite | 4 (0.4) | 3.3 | 13 (0.2) | - | - |
| STI | 2 (0.2) | 2.5 | 5 (0.1) | - | - |
| Other | 7 (0.7) | 7.4 | 52 (0.6) | - | - |
| All causes | 1010 (100) | 8.4 | 8442 (100) | 64 (100) | 6.3 |
LOS = length of stay RTC = Road traffic crashes STI = Soft tissue injury (unspecified) SII = Self inflicted injury