Rural injuries treated at central district hospital (N = 610) | Rural injuries treated in primary care (N = 442) | p | |||
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n | % | N | % | ||
Sex | |||||
Male | 359 | 58.9 | 239 | 53.6 | 0.088 |
Female | 251 | 41.1 | 207 | 46.4 | |
Age | |||||
0–17 years | 125 | 20.5 | 152 | 34.1 | < 0.001 |
18+ years | 485 | 79.5 | 294 | 65.9 | |
Injury localization, ICD-10 | |||||
S00–09: Head | 77 | 12.6 | 66 | 14.8 | < 0.001 |
S20–29: Thorax | 54 | 8.9 | 28 | 6.3 | |
S30–39: Abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals | 30 | 4.9 | 29 | 6.5 | |
S40–49: Shoulder and upper arm | 64 | 10.5 | 13 | 2.9 | |
S50–59: Elbow and forearm | 56 | 9.2 | 21 | 4.7 | |
S60–69: Wrist and hand | 83 | 13.6 | 89 | 20.0 | |
S80–89: Knee and lower leg | 72 | 11.8 | 47 | 10.5 | |
S90–99: Ankle and foot | 77 | 12.6 | 68 | 15.2 | |
T15–19: Foreign body entering through natural orifice | 28 | 4.6 | 26 | 5.8 | |
T20–32: Thermal and chemical burns | 33 | 5.4 | 19 | 4.3 | |
Others codesa | 36 | 5.9 | 40 | 9.0 | |
ICD-10 external cause codes | |||||
V01-V99: Transport accidents | 37 | 6.1 | 11 | 2.5 | < 0.001 |
W00-W19: Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls | 237 | 38.9 | 173 | 38.8 | |
W20-W49: Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces | 171 | 28.0 | 141 | 31.6 | |
W50-W64: Exposure to animate mechanical forces | 46 | 7.5 | 58 | 13.0 | |
Others codesa | 36 | 6.0 | 44 | 10.0 | |
Missing data | 83 | 13.6 | 19 | 4.3 | |
Season of year | |||||
Winter | 140 | 23.0 | 110 | 24.9 | 0.812 |
Spring | 163 | 26.7 | 114 | 25.8 | |
Summer | 193 | 31.6 | 131 | 29.6 | |
Autumn | 114 | 18.7 | 87 | 19.7 |