Research Article
Study of the Injured Persons and the Injury Pattern in Road Traffic Accident in Sana’a City, Yemen
Table 2
Distribution of the victims of RTAs according to type and site of injured persons (
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| Injury characteristics | Number | % |
| Type of injury | | | Fracture | 765 | 47.81 | Dislocation | 89 | 5.56 | Crush injury | 75 | 4.68 | Cut wound/laceration | 154 | 9.62 | Blunt injury | 45 | 2.81 | Internal hemorrhage | 472 | 29.5 | Site of injury | | | Head | 287 | 17.93 | Maxillofacial region | 76 | 4.75 | Thorax | 189 | 11.81 | Abdomen | 113 | 7.06 | Upper limb | 87 | 5.43 | Lower limb | 675 | 42.18 | Spine | 30 | 1.87 | Pelvis | 143 | 8.93 |
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