Table 1.
Results of univariate analysis describing general characteristics of the total population involved in an interpersonal violence event
| Interpersonal violence characteristics |
Categories | Frequency (%) N=1431 |
| Gender | Male | 1137 (79.5) |
| female | 294 (20.5) | |
| Age categories | 13–17 (children) | 60 (4.2) |
| 18–19 | 67 (4.7) | |
| 20–24 | 273 (19.1) | |
| 25–29 | 315 (22.0) | |
| 30–34 | 270 (18.9) | |
| 35–39 | 162 (11.3) | |
| 40–44 | 100 (7.0) | |
| 45–49 | 64 (4.5) | |
| 50–54 | 43 (3.0) | |
| 55–59 | 25 (1.7) | |
| >60 | 52 (3.6) | |
| Assault location /setting |
Road | 532 (37.2) |
| Home | 483 (33.8) | |
| Work | 206 (14.4) | |
| Sports event | 66 (4.6) | |
| School | 21 (1.5) | |
| Farm | 4 (0.3) | |
| Public building | 31 (2.2) | |
| Other | 61 (4.3) | |
| Not recorded | 27 (1.9) | |
| Injury season |
Hot and dry (Aug-Nov) | 477 (33.3) |
| Wet and rainy (Dec-Apr) |
283 (19.8) | |
| Cold and dry (May-Jul) |
671 (46.9) | |
| Day of the week |
Weekdays | 746 (52.1) |
| Weekend | 665 (46.5) | |
| Not recorded | 20 (1.4) | |
| Assault mechanism |
Bodily force | 531 (37.1) |
| Blunt objects | 392 (27.4) | |
| Knife | 358 (25.0) | |
| Gunshot/frearm | 1 (0.1) | |
| Others | 46 (3.2) | |
| Unknown | 103 (7.2) | |
| Victims' use of alcohol |
No | 1186 (82.9) |
| Yes | 150 (10.5) | |
| Not recorded | 95 (6.6) | |
| Perpetrator of assault |
Stranger | 806 (56.3) |
| Acquaintance | 167 (11.7) | |
| Domestic partner | 288 (20.1) | |
| Self-inficted | 94 (6.6) | |
| Unknown | 24 (1.7) | |
| Not recorded | 52 (3.6) | |
| Injury type |
Soft tissue injury | 1061 (74.1) |
| Fracture | 119 (8.3) | |
| Dislocation | 16 (1.1) | |
| Head injury | 17 (1.2) | |
| Injury to internal organs |
9 (0.6) | |
| Spinal injury | 2 (0.1) | |
| Other | 55 (3.8) | |
| Not recorded | 152 (10.6) | |
| Disposition | Outpatient | 1157 (80.9) |
| Admitted | 150 (10.5) | |
| Deaths | 2 (0.1) | |
| Not recorded | 122 (8.5) | |
N number of patients, % percent, < less than and > more than