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Table 3 Mechanism of injury by health facility

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

Mechanism of injury**

All

Regional hospitals

District hospitals

Health centers*

N = 4368

N = 2171

N = 502

N = 1695

n (%)

%

%

%

Fall

1592 (36.4)

43.9

33.5

27.8

Road Traffic Crash

840 (19.2)

22.1

20.3

15.3

Stab or cut

476 (10.9)

6.4

8.4

17.4

Animal Bite

343 (7.9)

6.8

7.4

9.4

Burn

291 (6.7)

5.9

5.0

8.1

Blunt force trauma

200 (4.6)

3.6

2.6

6.4

Hit by falling object

120 (2.7)

2.4

4.0

2.8

Sexual Assault

80 (1.8)

1.8

3.6

1.4

Poisoning

38 (0.9)

0.8

1.0

0.9

Drowning

23 (0.5)

0.3

2.0

0.4

Suffocation

11 (0.3)

0.4

0.2

0.1

Gunshot

2 (0.05)

0.0

0.2

0.0

Other

194 (4.4)

4.6

5.2

4.1

  1. *Includes one dispensary
  2. **158 (3.6%) had unknown or missing documentation of mechanism of injury