Table 3.
Distribution of amputation causes by categories and in detail, by country*
| All countries | Afghanistan | Cambodia | ||||||||
| Total N | Male N(R%|C%) | Female N(R%|C%) | Total N(C%) | Male N(R%|C%) | Female N(R%|C%) | Total N(C%) | Male N(R%|C%) | Female N(R%|C%) | ||
| Total | 28 446 | 24 117 (84.8) | 4329 (15.2) | 12 364 | 10 605 (85.8) | 1759 (14.2) | 2312 | 2003 (86.6) | 309 (13.4) | |
| Non-trauma | 7556 | 5481 (72.5|22.7) | 2075 (27.5|47.9) | 1982 (16.0) | 1344 (67.8|12.7) | 638 (32.2|36.3) | 203 (8.8) | 142 (70.0|7.1) | 61 (30.0|19.7) | |
| Trauma | 20 890 | 18 636 (89.2|77.3) | 2254 (10.8|52.1) | 10 382 (84.0) | 9261 (89.2|87.3) | 1121 (10.8|63.7) | 2109 (91.2) | 1861 (88.2|92.9) | 248 (11.8|80.3) | |
| Causes by subcategories | ||||||||||
| Non-trauma NCD/T2D | 6999 | 5114 (73.1|21.2) | 1885 (26.9|43.5) | 1750 (14.2) | 1190 (68.0|11.2) | 560 (32.0|31.8) | 192 (8.3) | 134 (69.8|6.7) | 58 (30.2|18.8) | |
| Non-trauma other | 557 | 367 (65.9|1.5) | 190 (34.1|4.4) | 232 (1.9) | 154 (66.4|1.5) | 78 (33.6|4.4) | 11 (0.5) | 8 (72.7|0.4) | 3 (27.3|1) | |
| Trauma | Trauma non-conflict non-accident | 1164 | 930 (79.9|3.9) | 234 (20.1|5.4) | 332 (2.7) | 255 (76.8|2.4) | 77 (23.2|4.4) | 320 (13.8) | 275 (85.9|13.7) | 45 (14.1|14.6) |
| Trauma non-conflict accident | 5925 | 5015 (84.6|20.8) | 910 (15.4|21) | 2245 (18.2) | 1872 (83.4|17.7) | 373 (16.6|21.2) | 501 (21.7) | 423 (84.4|21.1) | 78 (15.6|25.2) | |
| Trauma conflict weapon | 4482 | 3872 (86.4|16.1) | 610 (13.6|14.1) | 2658 (21.5) | 2261 (85.1|21.3) | 397 (14.9|22.6) | 87 (3.8) | 62 (71.3|3.1) | 25 (28.7|8.1) | |
| Trauma conflict weapon contamination | 9319 | 8819 (94.6|36.6) | 500 (5.4|11.6) | 5147 (41.6) | 4873 (94.7|46.0) | 274 (5.3|15.6) | 1201 (51.9) | 1101 (91.7|55) | 100 (8.3|32.4) | |
| Causes in detail | ||||||||||
| Non-trauma | Infectious | 3661 | 2618 (71.5|10.9) | 1043 (28.5|24.1) | 1205 (9.7) | 821 (68.1|7.7) | 384 (31.9|21.8) | 161(7) | 117 (72.7|5.8) | 44 (27.3|14.2) |
| Metabolic | 148 | 115 (77.7|0.5) | 33 (22.3|0.8) | 137 (1.1) | 110 (80.3|1.0) | 27 (19.7|1.5) | ||||
| Vascular | 3190 | 2381 (74.6|9.9) | 809 (25.4|18.7) | 408 (3.3) | 259 (63.5|2.4) | 149 (36.5|8.5) | 31 (1.3) | 17 (54.8|0.8) | 14 (45.2|4.5) | |
| Cancerous | 511 | 344 (67.3|1.4) | 167 (32.7|3.9) | 204 (1.6) | 144 (70.6|1.4) | 60 (29.4|3.4) | 1 (0.0) | 1 (100|0) | ||
| Other—non-trauma | 46 | 23 (50.0|0.1) | 23 (50.0|0.5) | 28 (0.2) | 10 (35.7|0.1) | 18 (64.3|1) | 10 (0.4) | 7 (70.0|0.3) | 3 (30.0|1.0) | |
| Trauma | Animal bite | 203 | 156 (76.8|0.6) | 47 (23.2|1.1) | 15 (0.1) | 14 (93.3|0.1) | 1 (6.7|0.1) | 16 (0.7) | 11 (68.8|0.5) | 5 (31.3|1.6) |
| Crime | 5 | 5 (100|0) | 3 (0) | 3 (100|0) | ||||||
| Frost bite | 48 | 46 (95.8|0.2) | 2 (4.2|0) | 37 (0.3) | 35 (94.6|0.3) | 2 (5.4|0.1) | ||||
| Other—trauma | 908 | 723 (79.6|3.0) | 185 (20.4|4.3) | 277 (2.2) | 203 (73.3|1.9) | 74 (26.7|4.2) | 304 (13.1) | 264 (86.8|13.2) | 40 (13.2|12.9) | |
| Domestic accident | 1388 | 1019 (73.4|4.2) | 369 (26.6|8.5) | 825 (6.7) | 557 (67.5|5.3) | 268 (32.5|15.2) | 52 (2.2) | 45 (86.5|2.2) | 7 (13.5|2.3) | |
| Occupational accident | 1191 | 1096 (92.0|4.5) | 95 (8.0|2.2) | 379 (3.1) | 363 (95.8|3.4) | 16 (4.2|0.9) | 93(4) | 79 (84.9|3.9) | 14 (15.1|4.5) | |
| Railway accident | 227 | 183 (80.6|0.8) | 44 (19.4|1.0) | 10 (0.1) | 9 (90.0|0.1) | 1 (10.0|0.1) | 3 (0.1) | 2 (66.7|0.1) | 1 (33.3|0.3) | |
| RTA | 3044 | 2648 (87.0|11.0) | 396 (13.0|9.1) | 1024 (8.3) | 936 (91.4|8.8) | 88 (8.6|5.0) | 349 (15.1) | 294 (84.2|14.7) | 55 (15.8|17.8) | |
| Sport accident | 75 | 69 (92.0|0.3) | 6 (8.0|0.1) | 7 (0.1) | 7 (100|0.1) | 4 (0.2) | 3 (75.0|0.1) | 1 (25.0|0.3) | ||
| Blast injury | 2319 | 1980 (85.4|8.2) | 339 (14.6|7.8) | 1383 (11.2) | 1131 (81.8|10.7) | 252 (18.2|14.3) | 15 (0.6) | 11 (73.3|0.5) | 4 (26.7|1.3) | |
| GSW | 1834 | 1628 (88.8|6.8) | 206 (11.2|4.8) | 1157 (9.4) | 1037 (89.6|9.8) | 120 (10.4|6.8) | 28 (1.2) | 23 (82.1|1.1) | 5 (17.9|1.6) | |
| Other—conflict | 273 | 218 (79.9|0.9) | 55 (20.1|1.3) | 88 (0.7) | 68 (77.3|0.6) | 20 (22.7|1.1) | 25 (1.1) | 12 (48.0|0.6) | 13 (52.0|4.2) | |
| No data* | 56 | 46 (82.1|0.2) | 10 (17.9|0.2) | 30 (0.2) | 25 (83.3|0.2) | 5 (16.7|0.3) | 19 (0.8) | 16 (84.2|0.8) | 3 (15.8|1.0) | |
| Cluster munitions | 71 | 69 (97.2|0.3) | 2 (2.8|0) | 38 (0.3) | 37 (97.4|0.3) | 1 (2.6|0.1) | 11 (0.5) | 11 (100|0.5) | ||
| ERW | 248 | 233 (94.0|1.0) | 15 (6.0|0.3) | 208 (1.7) | 197 (94.7|1.9) | 11 (5.3|0.6) | 1 (0) | 1 (100|0) | ||
| Landmines | 9000 | 8517 (94.6|35.3) | 483 (5.4|11.2) | 4901 (39.6) | 4639 (94.7|43.7) | 262 (5.3|14.9) | 1189 (51.4) | 1089 (91.6|54.4) | 100 (8.4|32.4) | |
| Iraq | Myanmar | Sudan | ||||||||
| Total N(C%) | Male N(R%|C%) | Female N(R%|C%) | Total N(C%) | Male N(R%|C%) | Female N(R%|C%) | Total N(C%) | Male N(R%|C%) | Female N(R%|C%) | ||
| Total | 3491 | 2956 (84.7) | 535 (15.3) | 526 | 4634 (88.0) | 633 (12.0) | 5012 | 3919 (78.2) | 1093 (21.8) | |
| Non-trauma | 1145 (32.8) | 829 (72.4|28) | 316 (27.6|59.1) | 1219 (23.1) | 908 (74.5|19.6) | 311 (25.5|49.1) | 3007 (60.0) | 2258 (75.1|57.6) | 749 (24.9|68.5) | |
| Trauma | 2346 (67.2) | 2127 (90.7|72) | 219 (9.3|40.9) | 4048 (76.9) | 3726 (92.0|80.4) | 322 (8.0|50.9) | 2005 (40.0) | 1661 (82.8|42.4) | 344 (17.2|31.5) | |
| Causes by subcategories | ||||||||||
| Non-trauma NCD/T2D | 1084 (31.1) | 790 (72.9|26.7) | 294 (27.1|55.0) | 1138 (21.6) | 846 (74.3|18.3) | 292 (25.7|46.1) | 2835 (56.6) | 2154 (76.0|55.0) | 681 (24.0|62.3) | |
| Non-trauma other | 61 (1.7) | 39 (63.9|1.3) | 22 (36.1|4.1) | 81 (1.5) | 62 (76.5|1.3) | 19 (23.5|3) | 172 (3.4) | 104 (60.5|2.7) | 68 (39.5|6.2) | |
| Trauma | Trauma non-conflict non-accident | 32 (0.9) | 29 (90.6|1) | 3 (9.4|0.6) | 76 (1.4) | 60 (78.9|1.3) | 16 (21.1|2.5) | 404 (8.1) | 311 (77.0|7.9) | 93 (23.0|8.5) |
| Trauma non-conflict accident | 525(15) | 446 (85|15.1) | 79 (15|14.8) | 1689 (32.1) | 1469 (87.0|31.7) | 220 (13.0|34.8) | 965 (19.3) | 805 (83.4|20.5) | 160 (16.6|14.6) | |
| Trauma conflict weapon | 1075 (30.8) | 978 (91|33.1) | 97 (9.0|18.1) | 83 (1.6) | 77 (92.8|1.7) | 6 (7.2|0.9) | 579 (11.6) | 494 (85.3|12.6) | 85 (14.7|7.8) | |
| Trauma conflict weapon contamination | 714 (20.5) | 674 (94.4|22.8) | 40 (5.6|7.5) | 2200 (41.8) | 2120 (96.4|45.7) | 80 (3.6|12.6) | 57 (1.1) | 51 (89.5|1.3) | 6 (10.5|0.5) | |
| Causes in detail | ||||||||||
| Non-trauma | Infectious | 367 (10.5) | 260 (70.8|8.8) | 107 (29.2|20.0) | 542 (10.3) | 387 (71.4|8.4) | 155 (28.6|24.5) | 1386 (27.7) | 1033 (74.5|26.4) | 353 (25.5|32.3) |
| Metabolic | 11 (0.2) | 5 (45.5|0.1) | 6 (54.5|0.9) | |||||||
| Vascular | 717 (20.5) | 530 (73.9|17.9) | 187 (26.1|35.0) | 585 (11.1) | 454 (77.6|9.8) | 131 (22.4|20.7) | 1449 (28.9) | 1121 (77.4|28.6) | 328 (22.6|30) | |
| Cancerous | 60 (1.7) | 38 (63.3|1.3) | 22 (36.7|4.1) | 74 (1.4) | 57 (77.0|1.2) | 17 (23.0|2.7) | 172 (3.4) | 104 (60.5|2.7) | 68 (39.5|6.2) | |
| Other—non-trauma | 1 (0) | 1 (100|0) | 7 (0.1) | 5 (71.4|0.1) | 2 (28.6|0.3) | |||||
| Trauma | Infectious | 4 (0.1) | 3 (75|0.1) | 1 (25.0|0.2) | 20 (0.4) | 13 (65.0|0.3) | 7 (35.0|1.1) | 148 (3.0) | 115 (77.7|2.9) | 33 (22.3|3.0) |
| Crime | 2 (0.1) | 2 (100|0.1) | ||||||||
| Frost bite | 6 (0.2) | 6 (100|0.2) | 3 (0.1) | 3 (100|0.1) | 2 (0) | 2 (100|0.1) | ||||
| Other—trauma | 20 (0.6) | 18 (90.0|0.6) | 2 (10.0|0.4) | 53(1) | 44 (83.0|0.9) | 9 (17.0|1.4) | 254 (5.1) | 194 (76.4|5) | 60 (23.6|5.5) | |
| Domestic accident | 83 (2.4) | 66 (79.5|2.2) | 17 (20.5|3.2) | 297 (5.6) | 259 (87.2|5.6) | 38 (12.8|6) | 131 (2.6) | 92 (70.2|2.3) | 39 (29.8|3.6) | |
| Occupational accident | 102 (2.9) | 95 (93.1|3.2) | 7 (6.9|1.3) | 553 (10.5) | 499 (90.2|10.8) | 54 (9.8|8.5) | 63 (1.3) | 60 (95.2|1.5) | 3 (4.8|0.3) | |
| Railway accident | 8 (0.2) | 6 (75|0.2) | 2 (25.0|0.4) | 164 (3.1) | 129 (78.7|2.8) | 35 (21.3|5.5) | 42 (0.8) | 37 (88.1|0.9) | 5 (11.9|0.5) | |
| RTA | 325 (9.3) | 272 (83.7|9.2) | 53 (16.3|9.9) | 637 (12.1) | 546 (85.7|11.8) | 91 (14.3|14.4) | 709 (14.1) | 600 (84.6|15.3) | 109 (15.4|10) | |
| Sport accident | 7 (0.2) | 7 (100|0.2) | 38 (0.7) | 36 (94.7|0.8) | 2 (5.3|0.3) | 19 (0.4) | 16 (84.2|0.4) | 3 (15.8|0.3) | ||
| Blast injury | 844 (24.2) | 770 (91.2|26) | 74 (8.8|13.8) | 17 (0.3) | 15 (88.2|0.3) | 2 (11.8|0.3) | 60 (1.2) | 53 (88.3|1.4) | 7 (11.7|0.6) | |
| GSW | 144 (4.1) | 130 (90.3|4.4) | 14 (9.7|2.6) | 60 (1.1) | 56 (93.3|1.2) | 4 (6.7|0.6) | 445 (8.9) | 382 (85.8|9.7) | 63 (14.2|5.8) | |
| Other—conflict | 85 (2.4) | 76 (89.4|2.6) | 9 (10.6|1.7) | 4 (0.1) | 4 (100|0.1) | 71 (1.4) | 58 (81.7|1.5) | 13 (18.3|1.2) | ||
| No data* | 2 (0.1) | 2 (100|0.1) | 2 (0) | 2 (100|0) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (33.3|0) | 2 (66.7|0.2) | |||
| Cluster munitions | 2 (0.1) | 2 (100|0.1) | 6 (0.1) | 6 (100|0.1) | 14 (0.3) | 13 (92.9|0.3) | 1 (7.1|0.1) | |||
| ERW | 38 (1.1) | 34 (89.5|1.2) | 4 (10.5|0.7) | 1 (0) | 1 (100|0) | |||||
| Landmine | 674 (19.3) | 638 (94.7|21.6) | 36 (5.3|6.7) | 2193 (41.6) | 2113 (96.4|45.6) | 80 (3.6|12.6) | 43 (0.9) | 38 (88.4|1.0) | 5 (11.6|0.5) | |
Categories of amputation causes as illustrated in figure 1 and detailed causes in totals, by sex and by country. Values are number of participants (row % | column%). Row% relates to sex distribution. Column% relates to amputation cause distribution
*The reader is directed to figure 1 when interpreting this table.
ERW, explosive remnants of war; GSW, Gunshot wound; NCD, non-communicable disease; no data, missing variable (mandatory entry in database) due to software error in the category ‘Trauma Conflict Weapon’; RTA, road traffic accident; T2D, type 2 diabetes.