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.

DispositionOverall
n = 7416
Pedestrian
n = 1590
Motorcyclist
n = 2375
Cyclist
n = 1454
Car occupant
n = 536
n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)n (%)

Admitted to hospital2,675 (36.07)766 (48.20)859 (36.25)477 (32.97)163 (30.60)
Discharged home3,708 (50.00)669 (42.16)1,214 (51.22)731 (50.52)259 (48.87)
OT admission80 (1.08)18 (1.13)31 (1.31)11 (0.76)6 (1.13%)
Referred785 (10.59)105 (6.60)243 (10.25)202 (13.96)78 (14.72)
Diedň144 (1.94)31 (1.95)26 (1.09)30 (2.06)27 (5.03)
Unknown24 (1.28%)1 (0.06)2 (0.42)3 (0.96)3 (3.73)

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.