Table 3.
Time trends and seasonal variation in head injury cases by age (n = 1235).
| Variable | 0–17 Years n (%) |
18–34 Years n (%) |
35–59 Years n (%) |
60 Years and above n (%) |
Total n (%) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | ||||||
| 2010 | 49 (14.6) | 124 (18.6) | 18 (12.9) | 12 (13.0) | 203 (16.4) | 0.499 |
| 2011 | 39 (11.6) | 87 (13.0) | 16 (11.5) | 7 (7.6) | 149 (12.1) | |
| 2012 | 39 (11.6) | 50 (7.5) | 12 (8.6) | 13 (14.1) | 114 (9.2) | |
| 2013 | 36 (10.7) | 64 (9.6) | 12 (8.6) | 10 (10.9) | 122 (9.9) | |
| 2014 | 37 (11.0) | 64 (9.6) | 18 (12.9) | 11 (12.0) | 130 (10.5) | |
| 2015 | 41 (12.2) | 69 (10.3) | 15 (10.8) | 9 (9.8) | 134 (10.9) | |
| 2016 | 40 (11.9) | 76 (11.4) | 23 (16.5) | 12 (13.0) | 151 (12.2) | |
| 2017 | 35 (10.4) | 78 (11.7) | 11 (7.9) | 12 (13.0) | 136 (11.0) | |
| 2018 | 12 (3.6) | 30 (4.5) | 5 (3.6) | 4 (4.3) | 51 (4.1) | |
| 2019 | 8 (2.4) | 26 (3.9) | 9 (6.5) | 2 (2.2) | 45 (3.6) | |
| Month | 0.402 | |||||
| January | 26 (7.7) | 62 (9.3) | 8 (5.8) | 4 (4.3) | 100 (8.1) | |
| February | 23 (6.8) | 52 (7.8) | 9 (6.5) | 6 (6.5) | 90 (7.3) | |
| March | 22 (6.5) | 64 (9.6) | 13 (9.4) | 5 (5.4) | 104 (8.4) | |
| April | 29 (8.6) | 48 (7.2) | 7 (5.0) | 7 (7.6) | 91 (7.4) | |
| May | 30 (8.9) | 42 (6.3) | 10 (7.2) | 11 (12.0) | 93 (7.5) | |
| June | 31 (9.2) | 58 (8.7) | 15 (10.8) | 11 (12.0) | 115 (9.3) | |
| July | 35 (10.4) | 63 (9.4) | 16 (11.5) | 9 (9.8) | 123 (10.0) | |
| August | 42 (12.5) | 70 (10.5) | 10 (7.2) | 8 (8.7) | 130 (10.5) | |
| September | 26 (7.7) | 54 (8.1) | 17 (12.2) | 8 (8.7) | 105 (8.5) | |
| October | 28 (8.3) | 47 (7.0) | 19 (13.7) | 8 (8.7) | 102 (8.3) | |
| November | 25 (7.4) | 65 (9.7) | 6 (4.3) | 11 (12.0) | 107 (8.7) | |
| December | 19 (5.7) | 43 (6.4) | 9 (6.5) | 4 (4.3) | 75 (6.1) | |
| Season | 0.338 | |||||
| Winter | 68 (20.2) | 157 (23.5) | 26 (18.7) | 14 (15.2) | 265 (21.5) | |
| Spring | 51 (15.2) | 112 (16.8) | 20 (14.4) | 12 (13) | 195 (15.8) | |
| Summer | 138 (41.1) | 233 (34.9) | 51 (36.7) | 39 (42.4) | 461 (37.3) | |
| Autumn | 79 (23.5) | 166 (24.9) | 42 (30.2) | 27 (29.3) | 314 (25.4) | |
| Day of week | 0.400 | |||||
| Workdays | 239 (71.1) | 471 (70.5) | 105 (75.5) | 60 (65.2) | 875 (70.9) | |
| Weekend | 97 (28.9) | 197 (29.5) | 34 (24.5) | 32 (34.8) | 360 (29.1) | |
| Vision 2030 | ||||||
| Before | 241 (71.7) | 458 (68.6) | 91 (65.5) | 62 (67.4) | 852 (69) | 0.542 |
| After | 95 (28.3) | 210 (31.4) | 48 (34.5) | 30 (32.6) | 383 (31) |