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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2014 Apr 26;55(7):1626–1638. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2014.04.014

Table 4. The Number and Percent of Vietnamese Ex-Political Detainees Reporting Each Type of Head Injury Across Time.

Type of Head Injury Ex-Political Detainees (N=337)

N %
Explosion 158 46.88
Beaten on head 68 20.18
Shrapnel 58 17.21
Fall for other reason 55 16.32
Suffocation 47 13.95
Fall out of vehicle 40 11.87
Fall from fatigue 36 10.68
Hit head against dashboard 19 5.64
Work accident 15 4.45
Drowning 9 2.67
Whiplash 9 2.67
Shot in head 7 2.08
Strangulation 6 1.78
Other head injury 5 1.48
Hit by vehicle 3 0.89
Hit head while trying to escape from camp 2 0.59