Table 6: Cause of injury.
Cause of injury | Nos | % | Mean age of pts (SD) |
Road traffic Crash (RTC) | 209 | 66.6 | 11.4 (6.5) yrs |
• Motor vehicle crash | 125 | 39.8 | |
• Motorcycle crash | 81 | 25.8 | |
• Non-motorized crash | 3 | 1.0 | |
Gunshot wounds (GSI) | 10 | 3.2 | 12.7 (4.4) yrs |
Falls | 90 | 28.7 | |
• Falls from height | 70 | 22.3 | 11.7 (6.1) yrs |
• Ground level falls | 20 | 6.4 | 4.8 (3.3) yrs |
Birth trauma | 1 | 0.3 | 4 days |
Assault | 4 | 1.2 | 8.5 (6.6) ysrs |
Total | 314 | 100.0 | 8.6 (5.5) yrs |
χ2 = 511.651; P-value < 0.00001.