Table 2.
Clinical characteristics and outcomes 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type of injury | N | % | N | % | <0.001 |
| No injury | 1,670 | 14.4 | 800 | 24.0 | |
| Wounds | 4,559 | 39.2 | 912 | 27.3 | |
| Fractures | 165 | 1.4 | 85 | 2.6 | |
| Traumatic brain injury | 138 | 1.2 | 80 | 2.4 | |
| Two or more injuries | 5,091 | 43.8 | 1,462 | 43.8 | |
| GCS | (N = 11,528) | (N = 3,312) | <0.001 | ||
| Normal | 11,031 | 95.7 | 3,116 | 94.1 | |
| Mild coma | 334 | 2.9 | 75 | 2.3 | |
| Heavy or deep coma | 163 | 1.4 | 121 | 3.6 | |
| Death | (N = 11,623) | (N = 3,247) | <0.001 | ||
| Yes | 128 | 1.1 | 109 | 3.3 | |
| Not recorded | 287 | 2.5 | 92 | 2.8 | |
GCS: Glasgow Coma Score; N: total number for each variable.