Table 5.
Selected baseline characteristics associated with risk of death in road traffic accident victims admitted to hospital in eight districts of Guinea from 2015 to 2017
| Baseline characteristics | Admitted to hospital | Known death occurring after presentation to a hospitalb | Crude RRc (95% CI) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Na | n | (%) | ||||
| Sex: | ||||||
| Female | 7691 | 45 | (0.59) | Ref | ||
| Male | 18850 | 155 | (0.82) | 1.41 (1.01–1.96) | 0.04 | |
| Not recorded | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Age in years | Children (< 15) | 4238 | 40 | (0.94 | 1.43 (1.01–2.02) | 0.045 |
| Adults (15–64) | 21321 | 141 | (0.60) | Ref | ||
| Elderly (≥65) | 855 | 16 | (1.87) | 2.83 (1.70–4.72) | < 0.001 | |
| Not recorded | 135 | 3 | (2.22) | |||
| Type of hospital | Public | 26159 | 197 | (0.75) | Ref | |
| Private | 390 | 3 | (0.77) | 1.02 (0.33–3.18) | 0.999 | |
| Main anatomical site of injury | ||||||
| Head | No | 16739 | 72 | (0.43) | Ref | |
| Yes | 981 | 128 | (1.31) | 3.01 (2.26–4.01) | < 0.001 | |
| Not recorded | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Chest | ||||||
| No | 25960 | 196 | (0.76) | Ref | ||
| Yes | 585 | 3 | (0.51) | 0.68 (0.22–2.12) | 0.717 | |
| Not recorded | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Abdominal | ||||||
| No | 26158 | 196 | (0.75) | Ref | ||
| Yes | 389 | 4 | (1.30) | 1.37 (0.51–3.67) | 0.674 | |
| Not recorded | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Glasgow Coma Score | ||||||
| Normal | 24945 | 75 | (0.30) | Ref | ||
| Mild coma | 1134 | 21 | (1.85) | 6.16 (3.81–9.96) | < 0.001 | |
| Heavy | 286 | 53 | (18.53) | 8.45 (5.96–11.98) | < 0.001 | |
| Dep coma | 59 | 21 | (35.59) | 178.4 (118.5–178.5) | < 0.001 | |
| Not recorded | 125 | 30 | ||||
a = 187 RTA victims dead on arrival, 998 RTA victims with unrecorded unit of admission and those who absconded were excluded
b = includes death occurring in hospital emergency unit and after admission to a hospital department
RR Relative risk, CI Confidence interval
c = Fisher exact test