Table 1. Road traffic injury in Latin-American & Caribbean ED's (10 countries; 16 ED's).
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| Sample | Road traffic injuries | % Road traffic injuries | % Self-report alcohol use before inj | % Hit by vehicle | % Collision as driver | % Collision as passenger | |
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| Argentina | 452 | 104 | 23.0 | 24.1 | 20.2 | 56.7 | 23.1 |
| Brazil | 496 | 82 | 16.5 | 12.7 | 35.4 | 42.7 | 22.0 |
| Costa Rica | 1013 | 211 | 20.8 | 8.6 | 20.4 | 56.4 | 23.2 |
| Dominican Republic | 501 | 220 | 43.9 | 18.8 | 23.2 | 55.9 | 20.9 |
| Guatemala | 513 | 120 | 23.4 | 21.1 | 35.0 | 38.3 | 26.7 |
| Guyana | 485 | 86 | 17.7 | 20.6 | 33.7 | 32.6 | 33.7 |
| Mexico | 456 | 44 | 9.6 | 17.1 | 25.0 | 31.8 | 43.2 |
| Nicaragua | 518 | 110 | 21.2 | 21.0 | 30.0 | 40.0 | 30.0 |
| Panama | 490 | 103 | 21.0 | 20.4 | 14.6 | 37.9 | 47.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 252 | 39 | 15.5 | 18.7 | 18.0 | 48.7 | 33.3 |
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| TOTAL | 5176 | 1119 | 21.6 | 17.3 | 25.1 | 47.0 | 27.9 |
ED - Emergency Department; RTI - Road traffic injury