Table 5.
Distribution of the variety of external causes of death by educational status of the deceased in the six networked Ethiopian Universities Research Centers HDSS sites, between 2009 and 2013, Ethiopia.
| Educational status |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| External causes of death | Illiterate | 1–8 grade | 9–12 grade | Higher |
| Accidental drowning and submersion | 65 (19.0) | 57 (27.1) | 5 (10.4) | 1 (11.1) |
| Accidental fall | 82 (23.9) | 25 (11.9) | 5 (10.4) | 0 (0.0) |
| Assault | 34 (9.9) | 27 (12.9) | 3 (6.3) | 0 (0.0) |
| Intentional self-harm | 29 (8.5) | 18 (8.6) | 15 (31.3) | 2 (22.2) |
| Transport-related accident | 48 (14.0) | 45 (21.4) | 15 (31.3) | 4 (44.4) |
| Contact with venomous | 18 (5.2) | 6 (2.9) | 1 (2.1) | 0 (0.0) |
| Accidental exposure to fire, smoke | 11 (3.2) | 3 (1.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Exposure to force of nature | 5 (1.5) | 7 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (11.1) |
| War deaths | 4 (1.2) | 5 (2.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) |
| Others external cause | 47 (13.7) | 17 (8.1) | 4 (8.3) | 1 (1.11) |
| Total external causes | 343 (4.4) | 210 (19.7) | 48 (21.2) | 9 (12.5) |
| All other causes | 7,538 (95.6) | 858 (80.3) | 178 (78.8) | 63 (87.5) |
| Total | 7,881 (100) | 1,068 (100) | 226 (100.0) | 72 (100) |