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. 2019 Sep 26;14(9):e0222793. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0222793

Table 2. Socio-demographic characteristics of road traffic accident victims, June-August 2018, Tirunesh Beijing Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Variables Non-Severe injury Severe injury Frequency (n = 164) Percent
Sex
Male 74 48 122 74.4
Female 30 12 42 25.6
Age
20 and below 10 10 20 12.3
21–40 81 41 122 74.8
41 and above 13 8 21 12.9
Marital status
Single 52 29 81 49.7
Ever Married 52 30 82 50.3
Educational status
Cannot read and write 7 8 15 9.2
Can read and write 8 16 24 14.7
Primary school 19 15 34 20.9
Secondary school 42 15 57 35.0
Higher education 28 5 33 20.2
Occupation
Employed 60 26 86 52.4
Unemployed 8 6 14 8.5
Driver 11 10 21 12.8
Others 25 18 43 26.2
Region of accident
Addis Ababa 91 55 146 89.0
Oromia 13 5 18 11.0