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Table 2 Mechanism, intent and injury settings

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

Variables*

Age distribution (in years)

Mechanism**

Overall (N = 4368)

0–4 (n = 1165)

5–9 (n = 1433)

10–14 (n = 1040)

15- < 18 (n = 676)

n (%)

%

%

%

%

 Fall from height

1592 (36.4)

41.4

42.9

32.6

20.3

 RTC

840 (19.2)

12.4

17.5

22.1

31.2

 Stab or cut

476 (10.9)

5.5

11.7

14.1

13.3

 Animal bite

343 (7.9)

4.9

9.5

9.9

6.8

 Burn

291 (6.7)

16.2

4.0

1.4

2.5

 Blunt trauma

200 (4.6)

3.1

3.7

5.8

7.1

 Hit by falling object

120 (2.7)

3.0

2.7

2.7

2.8

 Sexual assault

80 (1.8)

0.4

1.4

2.4

4.4

 Poisoning

38 (0.9)

1.7

0.1

0.5

1.5

 OthersĦ

230 (5.3)

6.8

7.5

4.3

7.0

Injury intent

     

 Intentional

147 (3.4)

0.8

1.8

4.8

8.7

 Unintentional

3586 (82.1)

85.2

83.3

82.2

74.0

 Unknown

635 (14.5)

14.1

14.9

13.0

17.3

Location of injury

     

 Urban

2468 (56.5)

659 (56.6)

835 (58.3)

562 (54.0)

397 (58.7)

 Rural

1633 (37.4)

440 (37.8)

507 (35.4)

413 (39.7)

239 (35.4)

 Unknown

267 (6.1)

66 (5.7)

91 (6.4)

65 (6.3)

40 (5.9)

Place of injury

     

 Home

2445 (56.0)

77.2

58.7

44.0

30.3

 On the Road

975 (22.3)

12.8

21.2

26.5

35.7

 School

355 (8.1)

1.6

8.9

12.6

11.4

 Work

159 (3.6)

3.9

2.9

3.9

4.3

 Playground

107 (2.5)

0.1

1.6

4.0

6.1

 Public Space

252 (5.8)

3.5

5.1

6.9

9.9

 Others

11 (0.3)

0.2

0.1

0.4

0.6

 Unknown

64 (1.5)

0.9

1.4

1.6

1.8

  1. * 54 (1.2%) had missing age
  2. **158 (3.6%) had unknown or missing documentation of mechanism of injury
  3. ĦOthers includes gunshot wound, foreign body inhalation, suffocation, drowning