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Table 2 Outcomes of emergency self-inflicted injuries in Osaka City

From: Characteristics and outcomes of emergency patients with self-inflicted injuries: a report from ambulance records in Osaka City, Japan

 

Total

Sex

Poisoning sleeping pill or tranquilizer

Poisoning other drug

Poisoning by CO

Poisoning by other gas

Cutting and/or piercing wrist or arm

Cutting and/or piercing other part

Hanging

Jumping

Drowning

P Values†

Men

Women

P Values*

(n = 9424)

(n = 3340)

(n = 6027)

 

(n = 2965)

(n = 1436)

(n = 98)

(n = 121)

(n = 2190)

(n = 491)

(n = 1489)

(n = 534)

(n = 100)

Refusal of transport by patients, n, (%)

1147

(11.5)

422

(11.8)

706

(11.2)

0.196

648

(21.9)

252

(17.5)

5

(5.1)

15

(12.4)

111

(4.3)

24

(4.3)

73

(4.6)

9

(1.7)

10

(10.0)

<0.001

Only prehospital treatments at the scene, n, (%)

965

(10.2)

242

(7.2)

723

(12.0)

<0.001

139

(4.7)

39

(2.7)

1

(1.0)

7

(5.8)

673

(30.7)

76

(15.5)

14

(0.9)

3

(0.6)

13

(13.0)

<0.001

No hospital admission after transportation, n, (%)

3040

(32.3)

718

(21.5)

2322

(38.5)

<0.001

1057

(35.6)

460

(32.0)

5

(5.1)

11

(9.1)

1185

(54.1)

192

(39.1)

67

(4.5)

35

(6.6)

28

(28.0)

<0.001

Hospital admission, n, (%)

2708

(28.0)

883

(26.4)

1825

(30.3)

<0.001

1113

(37.5)

681

(47.4)

31

(31.6)

28

(23.1)

217

(9.9)

179

(36.5)

193

(13.0)

233

(43.6)

33

(33.0)

<0.001

Death, n, (%)

1564

(16.6)

1075

(32.2)

451

(7.5)

<0.001

8

(0.3)

4

(0.3)

56

(57.1)

60

(49.6)

4

(0.2)

20

(4.1)

1142

(76.7)

254

(47.6)

16

(16.0)

<0.001

Death confirmed at the scene

1143

(12.1)

838

(25.1)

267

(4.4)

 

3

(0.1)

2

(0.1)

46

(46.9)

52

(43.0)

3

(0.1)

12

(2.4)

944

(63.4)

80

(15.0)

1

(1.0)

 

Death confirmed at the hospital admission

421

(4.5)

237

(7.1)

184

(3.1)

 

5

(0.2)

2

(0.1)

10

(10.2)

8

(6.6)

1

(0.0)

8

(1.6)

198

(13.3)

174

(32.6)

15

(15.0)

 
  1. CO, carbon monoxide;
  2. *Comparison between men and women were evaluated with chi-square test
  3. †Comparison between the 9 groups (type of self-harms) were evaluated with Fisher exact test
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