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) | |
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| ||
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 |