Table 3.
Diagnosis and treatment of patients
| Road user categories
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| Total N (column%) | Pedestrian N (%) | Bicyclist N (%) | Motorcycle (driver and passenger) N (%) | Passenger car (driver and passenger) N (%) | Animal-drawn vehicle (operator and passenger) N (%) | Other N (%) | χ2 | P value | |
| Type of injury | |||||||||
| Total | 718 (100.0) | 105 (100.0) | 88 (100.0) | 120 (100.0) | 351 (100.0) | 39 (100.0) | 15 (100.0) | 118.316 | <.001 |
| No injury diagnosis | 2 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Contusion, bruise | 394 (54.9) | 45 (42.9) | 44 (50.0) | 54 (45.0) | 223 (63.5) | 20 (51.3) | 8 (53.3) | ||
| Abrasion | 16 (2.2) | 4 (3.8) | 3 (3.4) | 6 (5.0) | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Open wound | 73 (10.2) | 11 (10.5) | 14 (15.9) | 12 (10.0) | 26 (7.4) | 6 (15.4) | 4 (26.7) | ||
| Fracture | 144 (20.1) | 28 (26.7) | 15 (17.0) | 32 (26.7) | 58 (16.5) | 9 (23.1) | 2 (13.3) | ||
| Luxation, dislocation | 16 (2.2) | 4 (3.8) | 4 (4.5) | 3 (2.5) | 4 (1.1) | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Distorsion, sprain | 26 (3.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.5) | 22 (6.3) | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Crushing injury | 4 (0.6) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | 1 (2.6) | 1 (6.7) | ||
| Concussion | 7 (1.0) | 3 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 3 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Other specified brain injury | 5 (0.7) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.7) | 1 (0.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Injury to blood vessels | 12 (1.7) | 4 (3.8) | 4 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (0.9) | 1 (2.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Injury to muscle and tendon | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Injury to internal organs | 14 (1.9) | 3 (2.9) | 2 (2.3) | 5 (4.2) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Multiple injuries | 3 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Other specified type of injury | 1 (0.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Body region* | |||||||||
| Total | 716 (100.0) | 105 (100.0) | 88 (100.0) | 120 (100.0) | 349 (100.0) | 39 (100.0) | 15 (100.0) | 59.294 | <.001 |
| Head | 303 (42.3) | 37 (35.2) | 41 (46.6) | 34 (28.3) | 167 (47.9) | 18 (46.2) | 6 (40.0) | ||
| Trunk | 202 (28.2) | 24 (22.9) | 20 (22.7) | 28 (23.3) | 110 (31.5) | 15 (38.5) | 5 (33.3) | ||
| Upper extremities | 88 (12.3) | 12 (11.4) | 11 (12.5) | 23 (19.2) | 36 (10.3) | 4 (10.3) | 2 (13.3) | ||
| Lower extremities | 107 (14.9) | 28 (26.7) | 15 (17.0) | 28 (23.3) | 32 (9.2) | 2 (5.1) | 2 (13.3) | ||
| Multiple body parts | 16 (2.2) | 4 (3.8) | 1 (1.1) | 7 (5.8) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Treatment and follow-up** | |||||||||
| Total | 703 (100) | 103 (100.0) | 86 (100.0) | 116 (100.0) | 347 (100.0) | 37 (100.0) | 14 (100.0) | 41.693 | <.001 |
| Examined and sent home without treatment | 107 (15.2) | 11 (10.7) | 8 (9.3) | 8 (6.9) | 76 (21.9) | 3 (8.1) | 1 (7.1) | ||
| Treated and referred for further treatment | 351 (49.9) | 37 (35.9) | 51 (59.3) | 67 (57.8) | 169 (48.7) | 19 (51.4) | 8 (57.1) | ||
| Treated and admitted | 245 (34.9) | 55 (53.4) | 27 (31.4) | 41 (35.3) | 102 (29.4) | 15 (40.5) | 5 (35.7) | ||
*
Body region was missing for 2 cases.
**
Treatment and follow-up were missing for 15 cases.