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. 2021 Dec 1;11(12):e049533. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-049533

Table 2.

Distribution by sex and age of persons presenting with traumatic and non-traumatic amputations

Country Age Group Non-traumatic amputation Traumatic amputation Ratio traumatic:1 non-traumatic amputation P value* Total Grand total
Male N(R%|C%) Female N(R%|C%) Male N(R%|C%) Female N(R%|C%) Male N(R%|C%) Female N(R%|C%) Total N(C%)
Overall Total 5481 (72.5) 2075 (27.5) 18 636 (89.2) 2254 (10.8) 2.76 <0.001 24 117 (84.8) 4329 (15.2) 28 446
Young child (<5 y) 19 (57.6|0.3) 14 (42.4|0.7) 99 (58.9|0.5) 69 (41.1|3.1) 5.09 0.885 118 (58.7|0.5) 83 (41.3|1.9) 201 (0.7)
Child (5–17 y) 168 (54.2|3.1) 142 (45.8|6.8) 1748 (77.8|9.4) 500 (22.2|22.2) 7.25 <0.001 1916 (74.9|7.9) 642 (25.1|14.8) 2558 (9.0)
Young adult (18–34 y) 753 (70.6|13.7) 314 (29.4|15.1) 8373 (91.3|44.9) 799 (8.7|35.4) 8.60 <0.001 9126 (89.1|37.8) 1113 (10.9|25.7) 10 239(36)
Adult (35–59 y) 2433 (72.0|44.4) 948 (28.0|45.7) 7047 (90.8|37.8) 711 (9.2|31.5) 2.29 <0.001 9480 (85.1|39.3) 1659 (14.9|38.3) 11 139 (39.2)
Older adult (>60 y) 2108 (76.2|38.5) 657 (23.8|31.7) 1369 (88.7|7.3) 175 (11.3|7.8) 0.56 <0.001 3477 (80.7|14.4) 832 (19.3|19.2) 4309 (15.1)
Afghanistan Total 1344 (67.8) 638 (32.2) 9261 (89.2) 1121 (10.8) 8.50 <0.001 10 605 (85.8) 1759 (14.2) 12 364
Young child (<5 y) 9 (64.3|0.7) 5 (35.7|0.8) 67 (56.3|0.7) 52 (43.7|4.6) 10.82 0.568 76 (57.1|0.7) 57 (42.9|3.2) 133 (1.1)
Child (5–17 y) 88 (55.7|6.5) 70 (44.3|11.0) 1356 (79.3|14.6) 354 (20.7|31.6) 16.43 <0.001 1444 (77.3|13.6) 424 (22.7|24.1) 1868 (15.1)
Young adult (18–34 y) 226 (65.9|16.8) 117 (34.1|18.3) 5239 (93.0|56.6) 395 (7.0|35.2) 3.18 <0.001 5465 (91.4|51.5) 512 (8.6|29.1) 5977 (48.3)
Adult (35–59 y) 468 (62.0|34.8) 287 (38.0|45) 2139 (89.0|23.1) 265 (11.0|23.6) 0.72 <0.001 2607 (82.5|24.6) 552 (17.5|31.4) 3159 (25.5)
Older adult (>60 y) 553 (77.7|41.1) 159 (22.3|24.9) 460 (89.3|5) 55 (10.7|4.9) 10.39 <0.001 1013 (82.6|9.6) 214 (17.4|12.2) 1227 (9.9)
Cambodia Total 142 (70.0) 61 (30.0) 1861 (88.2) 248 (11.8) 7.60 <0.001 2003 (86.6) 309 (13.4) 2312
Young child (<5 y) 2 (100|1.4) - 4 (66.7|0.2) 2 (33.3|0.8) 12.41 0.346 6 (75.0|0.3) 2 (25.0|0.6) 8 (0.3)
Child (5–17 y) 3 (30.0|2.1) 7 (70.0|11.5) 53 (69.7|2.8) 23 (30.3|9.3) 14.82 0.013 56 (65.1|2.8) 30 (34.9|9.7) 86 (3.7)
Young adult (18–34 y) 36 (70.6|25.4) 15 (29.4|24.6) 551 (87.0|29.6) 82 (13.0|33.1) 3.66 0.001 587 (85.8|29.3) 97 (14.2|31.4) 684 (29.6)
Adult (35–59 y) 58 (73.4|40.8) 21 (26.6|34.4) 1069 (91.3|57.4) 102 (8.7|41.1) 2.05 <0.001 1127 (90.2|56.3) 123 (9.8|39.8) 1250 (54.1)
Older adult (>60 y) 43 (70.5|30.3) 18 (29.5|29.5) 184 (82.5|9.9) 39 (17.5|15.7) 6.33 0.038 227 (79.9|11.3) 57 (20.1|18.4) 284 (12.3)
Iraq Total 829 (72.4) 316 (27.6) 2127 (90.7) 219 (9.3) 13.24 <0.001 2956 (84.7) 535 (15.3) 3491
Young child (<5 y) 1 (33.3|0.1) 2 (66.7|0.6) 12 (63.2|0.6) 7 (36.8|3.2) 2.22 0.329 13 (59.1|0.4) 9 (40.9|1.7) 22 (0.6)
Child (5–17 y) 14 (50.0|1.7) 14 (50.0|4.4) 122 (77.7|5.7) 35 (22.3|16.0) 0.38 0.002 136 (73.5|4.6) 49 (26.5|9.2) 185 (5.3)
Young adult (18–34 y) 43 (68.3|5.2) 20 (31.7|6.3) 756 (90.6|35.5) 78 (9.4|35.6) 3.32 <0.001 799 (89.1|27.0) 98 (10.9|18.3) 897 (25.7)
Adult (35–59 y) 376 (74.0|45.4) 132 (26.0|41.8) 1043 (92.5|49.0) 84 (7.5|38.4) 2.00 <0.001 1419 (86.8|48.0) 216 (13.2|40.4) 1635 (46.8)
Older adult (>60 y) 395 (72.7|47.6) 148 (27.3|46.8) 194 (92.8|9.1) 15 (7.2|6.8) 4.34 <0.001 589 (78.3|19.9) 163 (21.7|30.5) 752 (21.5)
Myanmar Total 908 (74.5) 311 (25.5) 3726 (92.0) 322 (8.0) 3.41 <0.001 4634 (88.0) 633 (12.0) 5267
Young child (<5 y) 1 (50.0|0.1) 1 (50.0|0.3) 2 (50.0|0.1) 2 (50.0|0.6) 0.84 1.000 3 (50.0|0.1) 3 (50.0|0.5) 6 (0.1)
Child (5–17 y) 12 (41.4|1.3) 17 (58.6|5.5) 93 (73.8|2.5) 33 (26.2|10.2) 0.67 0.001 105 (67.7|2.3) 50 (32.3|7.9) 155 (2.9)
Young adult (18–34 y) 111 (81.0|12.2) 26 (19.0|8.4) 1249 (92.0|33.5) 109 (8.0|33.9) 1.67 <0.001 1360 (91.0|29.3) 135 (9|21.3) 1495 (28.4)
Adult (35–59 y) 484 (74.0|53.3) 170 (26.0|54.7) 2081 (93.4|55.9) 147 (6.6|45.7) 2.11 <0.001 2565 (89.0|55.4) 317 (11.0|50.1) 2882 (54.7)
Older adult (>60 y) 300 (75.6|33) 97 (24.4|31.2) 301 (90.7|8.1) 31 (9.3|9.6) 1.51 <0.001 601 (82.4|13) 128 (17.6|20.2) 729 (13.8)
Sudan Total 2258 (75.1) 749 (24.9) 1661 (82.8) 344 (17.2) 0.25 <0.001 3919 (78.2) 1093 (21.8|.) 5012
Young child (<5 y) 6 (50.0|0.3) 6 (50.0|0.8) 14 (70.0|0.8) 6 (30.0|1.7) 2.76 0.258 20 (62.5|0.5) 12 (37.5|1.1) 32 (0.6)
Child (5–17 y) 51 (60.0|2.3) 34 (40.0|4.5) 124 (69.3|7.5) 55 (30.7|16) 5.09 0.136 175 (66.3|4.5) 89 (33.7|8.1) 264 (5.3)
Young adult (18–34 y) 337 (71.2|14.9) 136 (28.8|18.2) 578 (81.1|34.8) 135 (18.9|39.2) 7.25 <0.001 915 (77.2|23.3) 271 (22.8|24.8) 1186 (23.7)
Adult (35–59 y) 1047 (75.6|46.4) 338 (24.4|45.1) 715 (86.4|43) 113 (13.6|32.8) 8.60 <0.001 1762 (79.6|45) 451 (20.4|41.3) 2213 (44.2)
Older adult (>60 y) 817 (77.7|36.2) 235 (22.3|31.4) 230 (86.8|13.8) 35 (13.2|10.2) 2.29 0.001 1047 (79.5|26.7) 270 (20.5|24.7) 1317 (26.3)

Values are number of participants (row % | column %). Row % relates to sex distribution. Column % relates to age distribution. Bold values indicate totals of all countries and totals by country, respectively.

* χ2 tests between participants by sex and cause (non-traumatic/ traumatic amputation).

y, years.