Research Article
Burden of Road Traffic Injuries in Tanzania: One-Year Prospective Study of Consecutive Patients in 13 Multilevel Health Facilities
Table 4
Final EU disposition by patient’s role.
| Disposition | Overall n = 7416 | Pedestrian n = 1590 | Motorcyclist n = 2375 | Cyclist n = 1454 | Car occupant n = 536 | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Admitted to hospital | 2,675 (36.07) | 766 (48.20) | 859 (36.25) | 477 (32.97) | 163 (30.60) | Discharged home | 3,708 (50.00) | 669 (42.16) | 1,214 (51.22) | 731 (50.52) | 259 (48.87) | OT admission | 80 (1.08) | 18 (1.13) | 31 (1.31) | 11 (0.76) | 6 (1.13%) | Referred | 785 (10.59) | 105 (6.60) | 243 (10.25) | 202 (13.96) | 78 (14.72) | Diedň | 144 (1.94) | 31 (1.95) | 26 (1.09) | 30 (2.06) | 27 (5.03) | Unknown | 24 (1.28%) | 1 (0.06) | 2 (0.42) | 3 (0.96) | 3 (3.73) |
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Include wards and ICU admission. ňInclude 73 (0.98%) deaths in the EU and 71 (0.96%) in transit or on the scene of the crash. |