Table 1.
Sociodemographic characteristics of RTA victims admitted to hospitals by type of road traffic accidents, Guinea 2015–2017.
| Variables | Motorcycle RTA (N = 11,623) |
Other RTA (N = 3,339) |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | ||
| Sex | N = 11,620 | N = 3,336 | <0.001 | ||
| Male | 8,536 | 73.5 | 2,121 | 63.6 | |
| Age | N = 11,623 | N = 3,339 | <0.001 | ||
| Children | 2,036 | 17.5 | 452 | 13.5 | |
| Youth | 4,168 | 35.9 | 929 | 27.8 | |
| Adults | 4,973 | 42.8 | 1,817 | 54.4 | |
| Elderly | 446 | 3.8 | 141 | 4.2 | |
| Occupations | N = 10,600 | N = 3,083 | <0.001 | ||
| Students | 3,150 | 29.7 | 612 | 19.8 | |
| Farmers/housewives | 2,467 | 23.3 | 685 | 22.2 | |
| Employees | 2,486 | 23.6 | 768 | 24.9 | |
| Sellers | 1,284 | 12.1 | 605 | 19.6 | |
| Drivers | 1,213 | 11.4 | 413 | 13.4 | |
| Type of road users | N = 4,949 | N = 2,070 | <0.001 | ||
| Drivers | 2,511 | 50.7 | 104 | 5.0 | |
| Passengers | 1,954 | 39.5 | 1,848 | 89.3 | |
| Pedestrians | 484 | 9.8 | 118 | 5.7 | |
| Districts | N = 11,623 | N = 3,339 | <0.001 | ||
| Siguiri | 3,559 | 85.6 | 597 | 14.4 | |
| Kindia | 2,800 | 71.0 | 1,146 | 29.0 | |
| Mamou | 1,753 | 71.1 | 714 | 28.9 | |
| Boke | 1,335 | 86.5 | 208 | 13.5 | |
| Faranah | 1,301 | 78.7 | 352 | 21.3 | |
| N'Zerekore | 875 | 73.1 | 322 | 26.9 | |
| Year | N = 11,623 | N = 3,339 | 0.002 | ||
| 2015 | 4,527 | 78.7 | 1,223 | 21.3 | |
| 2016 | 3,929 | 78.0 | 1,105 | 22.0 | |
| 2017 | 3,167 | 75.8 | 1,011 | 24.2 | |
RTA: road traffic accidents; N: total number for each variable.