Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of injured patients who visited the emergency department in Wolaita Sodo Teaching and Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2017
| Variables | Category | Injury Severity | |||
| Minor | Moderate | Severe | Total | ||
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Sex | Male | 93(64.1) | 90(70.3) | 27(57.4) | 210(65.6) |
| Female | 52(35.9) | 38(29.7) | 20(42.6) | 110(34.4) | |
| Age | Less than 18 | 18(12.4) | 15(11.7) | 2(4.3) | 35(10.9) |
| 18–24 | 49(33.8) | 29(22.7) | 15(31.9) | 93(29.1) | |
| 25–34 | 40(27.6) | 45(35.2) | 18(38.3) | 103(32.2) | |
| 35 and above | 38(26.2) | 39(30.5) | 12(25.5) | 89(27.8) | |
| Educational Status | No formal Education | 23(15.9) | 14(10.9) | 10(21.3) | 47(14.7) |
| Primary education | 57(39.3) | 26(20.3) | 21(44.7) | 104(32.5) | |
| Secondary and above | 65(44.8) | 88(68.8) | 16(34.0) | 169(52.8) | |
| Marital Status | Single | 78(53.8) | 66(51.6) | 14(29.8) | 158(49.4) |
| Married | 67(46.2) | 62(48.4) | 33(70.2) | 162(50.6) | |
| Residence | Urban | 80(55.2) | 47(36.7) | 21(44.7) | 148(46.3) |
| Rural | 65(44.8) | 81(63.3) | 26(55.3) | 172(53.7) | |
| Religion | Orthodox | 40(27.6) | 41(32) | 18(38.3) | 99(30.9) |
| Protestant | 77(53.1) | 74(57.8) | 23(48.9) | 174(54.4) | |
| Muslim | 24(16.6) | 12(9.4) | 5(10.6) | 41(12.8) | |
| Catholic | 4(2.8) | 1(0.8) | 1(2.1) | 6(1.9) | |