Table 5.
Emergency room admission due to traumatic and toxicologic emergencies, in Nekemte, western Ethiopia, 2017.
| Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Forms of traumatic injury (N = 483) | ||
| Contusion with intact skin surface | 3 | 0.65 |
| Soft tissue injury | 47 | 9.71 |
| Intracranial injury | 41 | 8.40 |
| Fracture | 80 | 16.50 |
| Dislocation | 4 | 0.81 |
| Foreign body obstruction | 6 | 1.22 |
| Burn | 69 | 14.22 |
| Falling accident | 37 | 7.61 |
| Road traffic accident | 99 | 20.41 |
| Machinery injury | 6 | 1.22 |
| Fighting | 72 | 14.90 |
| Other physical abuses | 14 | 2.82 |
| Sexual abuse | 5 | 1.00 |
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| Toxicology (N = 33) | ||
| Suicide | 12 | 22.20 |
| Human bites | 3 | 5.50 |
| Animal bites | 10 | 18.51 |
| Insect bites | 3 | 5.52 |
| Organophosphate poisoning | 18 | 33.30 |
| Carbon monoxide poisoning | 2 | 3.72 |
| Drug overdose | 3 | 5.51 |
| Unidentified | 3 | 5.49 |