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 |
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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 |