Table 2.

Body parts injured in fatal traffic injuries compared between the elderly and other age groups in East Azerbaijan (March 2006–March 2016)

Body organ injured	Elderly	Other ages	Total	P-value*
Head/Face	1048 (77.2%)	6558 (81.6%)	7606 (81%)	<0.001
Neck	78 (5.8%)	515 (6.4%)	593 (6.3%)	0.36
Chest/abdomen	550 (40.5%)	2530 (31.5%)	3080 (32.8%)	<0.001
Back trunk	34 (2.5%)	156 (1.9%)	190 (2%)	0.17
Pelvis	166 (12.2%)	625 (7.7%)	791 (8.4%)	<0.001
Upper limbs	137 (10.1%)	524 (6.5%)	661 (7%)	<0.001
Lower limbs	174 (12.8%)	748 (9.3%)	922 (9.8%)	<0.001

P-values are based on chi-squared test to investigate whether proportions of injury for each organ are different between the elderly and other age fatalities