Table 2 Mechanism of injury for patients admitted to Hospital Central de Maputo with trauma related injuries, June–September, 2010
From: Analysis of trauma admission data at an urban hospital in Maputo, Mozambique
Male | Female | Total | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 324 (%) | n = 117 (%) | n = 441 (%) | ||
Road traffic injury | 116 (35.8) | 57 (48.7) | 173 (39.2) | 0.014 |
Pedestrian | 68 (59.0) | 32 (56.0) | 100 (57.8) | |
Bicyclist | 2 (2.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.0) | |
Vehicle passengera | 29 (25.0) | 23 (40.0) | 52 (30.0) | |
Car driver | 12 (10.0) | 2 (4.0) | 14 (8.0) | |
Motorcyclist | 5 (4.0) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (3.0) | |
Fall | 31 (9.6) | 10 (8.5) | 41 (9.3) | 0.744 |
From a height (building, stairs, etc.) | 15 (48.0) | 2 (20.0) | 17 (41.0) | |
From a tree | 5 (16.0) | 1 (10.0) | 6 (15.0) | |
From ground level/back of vehicle | 8 (26.0) | 7 (70.0) | 15 (37.0) | |
Burn | 17 (5.2) | 19 (16.2) | 36 (8.2) | <0.001 |
Hot liquid | 7 (41.0) | 6 (32.0) | 13 (36.0) | |
Fire | 9 (53.0) | 9 (47.0) | 18 (50.0) | |
Chemical product | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.0) | 1 (3.0) | |
Other | 1 (6.0) | 3 (16.9) | 4 (11.0) | |
Fighting | 104 (32.1) | 8 (6.8) | 112 (25.4) | <0.001 |
Knife wound | 25 (7.7) | 4 (3.4) | 29 (6.6) | 0.108 |
Gun wound | 16 (4.9) | 1 (0.9) | 17 (3.9) | 0.049 |
Domestic violence | 1 (0.3) | 9 (7.7) | 10 (2.3) | <0.001 |
Work related accident | 5 (1.5) | 1 (0.9) | 6 (1.4) | 0.582 |
Bites | 8 (2.5) | 7 (6.0) | 15 (3.4) | 0.072 |
Human | 6 (75.0) | 4 (57.0) | 10 (66.0) | |
Snake | 1 (13.0) | 2 (29.0) | 3 (20.0) | |
Other animal | 1 (13.0) | 1 (14.0) | 2 (14.0) |