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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Pediatric trauma burden in Tanzania: analysis of prospective registry data from thirteen health facilities

 

N = 4368

Sex*

 

 Male

2894 (66.3%)

 Female

1447 (33.1%)

Ageň

 

 Median (IQR) years

8 years (IQR: 4–12 years)

Age groups

n (%)

  < 5 years

1165 (26.7)

 5–9 years

1433 (32.9)

 10–14 year

1040 (23.9)

 15- < 18 years

676 (15.5)

Education levelγ

 

 No formal education

1100 (25.2)

 Primary school

2432 (55.7)

 Secondary school

553 (12.7)

 Vocational education

13 (0.3)

 College/ University

7 (0.2)

Triage levelĦ

 

 Emergency

651 (14.9)

 Priority

3223 (73.8)

 Queue

430 (9.8)

Referral status

 

 Direct from injury site

3748 (85.8)

 Referred

519 (11.9)

 Unknown

101 (2.3)

Mode of arrival

 

 Motorcycle

1852 (42.4)

 Tricycle

549 (12.6)

 Ambulance

94 (2.2)

 Bicycle

20 (0.5)

 Walk-in

681 (15.6)

 Car

524 (12.0)

 Bus

10 (0.2)

 Mini-bus

502 (11.5)

 Other

62 (1.5)

 Unknown

74 (1.7)

  1. *27 (0.6%) had undocumented gender status
  2. ň54 (1.2%) had missing age
  3. Ħ 64 (1.5%) had missing triage category
  4. γ263 (6.9%) had missing education level