Pattern and Outcome of Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Southern Ethiopia: Observational Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of pediatric traumatic brain injury at HUCSH from September 2017 to September 2018.

Variable	Category	Number (n)	Percentage (%)
Age (years)	<5	85	26.8
	5–10	117	36.9
	10–14	115	36.3
Gender	Male	218	68.8
	Female	99	31.2
Parental occupation	Employee	75	23.7
	Merchant	65	20.5
	Farmer	173	54.6
	Driver	2	0.6
	Other	2	0.6
Place of residence	Hawassa city	112	35.3
	Oromia	133	42
	Other SNNPR	71	22.4
	Somali	1	0.3
Chronic illness	No	313	98.7
	Severe acute malnutrition	2	0.6
	Epilepsy	1	0.3
	Other	1	0.3