Epidemiology of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury at Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital of Lomé in Togo

Table 2

Type and frequency of head injuries for 59 (64.8%) CT scans done.

Injuries	Overall (%)	Deaths (%)	0–4 years (%)	5–9 years (%)	10–15 years (%)	value
Brain edema	43 (72.9)	8 (18.6)	13 (68.4)	19 (76)	11 (73)	0.85
Skull fracture	41 (69.5)	8 (19.5)	12 (63.2)	19 (76)	10 (66.7)	0.63
Brain contusion	33 (55.9)	4 (12.1)	10 (52.6)	17 (68)	06 (40)	0.21
Subarachnoidal hemorrhage	9 (15.2)	1 (11.1)	4 (21.0)	5 (20)	0	0.163
Intracerebral hemorrhage	8 (13.6)	4 (50)	3 (15.8)	3 (12)	2 (13.3)	0.90
Epidural hemorrhage	4 (6.8)	1 (25)	3 (15.8)	0	1 (6.7)	0.119
Intraventricular hemorrhage	3 (5)	2 (66.7)	0	1 (4)	2 (13.3)	0.203
Diffuse axonal injury	3 (5)	2 (66.7)	2 (10.5)	0	1 (6.7)	0.275
No injury observed	8 (13.6)	0	3 (15.8)	1 (4)	4 (26.7)	0.120