Research Article
Unintentional Injuries and Sociodemographic Factors among Households in Ethiopia
Table 2
Proportion of unintentional injuries among affected household members, Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, 2016.
| Injury status (n = 394) | Frequency | Percent |
| Injuries by Sex | | | Male | 242 | 61.4 | Female | 152 | 38.6 |
| Injuries by Age | | | 0–14 | 105 | 26.6 | 15–24 | 58 | 14.7 | 25–34 | 71 | 18.0 | 35–44 | 50 | 12.7 | 45–54 | 40 | 10.2 | 55–64 | 28 | 7.1 | 64+ | 40 | 10.2 | Unknown | 2 | 0.5 |
| Injuries by residence | | | Urban | 115 | 29.2 | Rural | 279 | 70.8 |
| Injuries by Region | | | Tigray | 44 | 11.2 | Afar | 22 | 5.6 | Amhara | 58 | 14.7 | Oromia | 58 | 14.7 | Somali | 21 | 5.3 | Benishangul | 33 | 8.4 | SNNPR | 45 | 11.4 | Gambela | 36 | 9.1 | Harari | 13 | 3.3 | Addis Adaba | 35 | 8.9 | Dire Dawa | 29 | 7.4 |
| Injuries by household Wealth index in quintile | | | Lowest | 96 | 24.4 | Second | 73 | 18.5 | Middle | 56 | 14.2 | Fourth | 45 | 11.4 | Highest | 124 | 31.5 |
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