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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by type of road user (frequency (percent))

From: The role of Ugandan District Hospital orthopedic units in the care of vulnerable road users: a cross-sectional study

 

RTI Patients

Pedestrians

Motorcyclists

P value Comparing pedestrians to motorcyclistsa

Characteristic

n = 176

% (95 % CI)

n = 84

% (95 % CI)

n = 70

% (95 % CI)

 

Age (years)

 0–14

29

16 % (10–22 %)

25

31 % (21–41 %)

3

5 % (0–11 %)

<0.001

 15–29

56

32 % (25–39 %)

22

27 % (17–37 %)

26

39 % (27–51 %)

1

 30–44

42

24 % (17–31 %)

19

23 % (13–33 %)

16

24 % (13–35 %)

1

 45–59

30

17 % (11–23 %)

10

12 % (4–20 %)

17

26 % (15–37 %)

1

  > 59

11

6 % (2–10 %)

5

6 % (0–12 %)

4

6 % (0–12 %)

1

Sex

 Male

125

71 % (64–78 %)

57

68 % (57–79 %)

52

74 % (63–85 %)

1

 Female

51

29 % (22–36 %)

27

32 % (21–43 %)

18

26 % (15–37 %)

Education

 Pre-Schooling

4

2 % (0–4 %)

3

4 % (0–9 %)

1

1 % (0–4 %)

1

 Student

40

23 % (16–30 %)

27

33 % (22–44 %)

7

10 % (2–18 %)

0.02

  ≤ Secondary Schooling

100

57 % (49–65 %)

39

48 % (37–59 %)

51

74 % (63–85 %)

0.03

 Post-Secondary Schooling

27

15 % (09–21 %)

12

15 % (7–23 %)

10

14 % (5–23 %)

1

Occupation

 Child

4

2 % (0–4 %)

3

4 % (1–9 %)

1

1 % (0–4 %)

1

 Student

39

23 % (16–30 %)

27

33 % (22–44 %)

7

10 % (2–18 %)

0.02

 Self Employed

58

34 % (27–41 %)

24

29 % (19–39 %)

29

42 % (30–54 %)

1

 Employee of NGO/Parastatal

15

9 % (4–14 %)

8

10 % (3–17 %)

6

9 % (2–16 %)

1

 Civil Servant

5

3 % (0–6 %)

0

0 % (0–1 %)

4

6 % (0–12 %)

0.83

 Motorcycle Taxi Driver

6

3 % (0–6 %)

1

1 % (0–4 %)

4

6 % (0–12 %)

1

 Housewife

4

2 % (0–4 %)

2

2 % (0–6 %)

2

3 % (0–8 %)

1

 Subsistence Farmer

26

15 % (9–21 %)

12

15 % (7–23 %)

13

19 % (9–29 %)

1

 Unemployed

4

2 % (0–4 %)

3

4 % (1–9 %)

1

1 % (0–4 %)

1

 Other

7

4 % (1–7 %)

2

2 % (0–6 %)

2

3 % (0–8 %)

1

  1. aBonferroni-corrected chi-squared or fisher’s exact test comparing pedestrians to motorcyclists