Table 3.

Bivariate relationships between selected explanatory and outcome variable among injured patients who visited the emergency department in Wolaita Sodo Teaching and Referral Hospital, Ethiopia, 2017

Variable	Category	Injury Severity
		Minor	Moderate	Severe	X2, P-value
Sex	Male	93	90	27	0.078,0.780
	Female	52	38	20
Age	Less than 18	18	15	2	0.081,0.150
	18–24	49	29	15
	25–34	40	45	18
	35 and above	38	39	12
Residence	Urban	80	47	21	4.629,0.031
	Rural	65	81	26
Cause	Road traffic accident	74	45	17	10.856,0.013
	Fall down accident	40	25	16
	Assault	12	41	5
	Machinery	19	17	9
Place of injury	Inside home	46	57	21	4.365,0.037
	Outside home	99	71	26
Time	Night	63	39	18	12.638,0.002
	Afternoon	61	84	26
	Morning	21	5	3
Condition on admission	Stable	97	101	37	4.519,0.034
	Unstable and died	48	27	10
Anatomical location of	Head neck and spinal cord	28	29	21	5.794,0.125
injury	Chest	18	22	5
	Abdomen and pelvic area	39	25	8
	Extremity	60	52	13