Research Article
Unintentional Injuries and Sociodemographic Factors among Households in Ethiopia
Table 4
Mechanism of unintentional injuries by age group, Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, 2016.
| | Age | Mechanism of injury | #Total (N = 392) | | Road traffics incidents | Fire/Burn | Animal bite/Kicked | Fall | Drown and poisoning | Other |
| | 0–14 | Frequency (%) | 11 (9.6) | 27 (23.7) | 6 (5.3) | 48 (42.1) | 2 (1.8) | 11 (9.6) | 105 (26.6) | | 15–24 | Frequency (%) | 26 (40.0) | 6 (9.2) | 0 (0.0) | 18 (27.7) | 2 (3.1) | 6 (9.2) | 58 (14.7) | | 25–34 | Frequency (%) | 24 (27.9) | 6 (7.0) | 3 (3.5) | 14 (16.3) | 2 (2.3) | 22 (25.6) | 71 (18.0) | | 35–44 | Frequency (%) | 12 (18.5) | 4 (6.2) | 4 (6.2) | 20 (30.8) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (15.4) | 50 (12.7) | | 45–54 | Frequency (%) | 10 (20.8) | 2 (4.2) | 3 (6.2) | 19 (39.6) | 1 (2.1) | 5 (10.4) | 28 (7.1) | | 55–64 | Frequency (%) | 5 (15.2) | 1 (3.0) | 4 (12.1) | 15 (45.5) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (9.1) | 40 (10.2) | | >64 | Frequency (%) | 8 (20.0) | 1 (2.5) | 5 (12.5) | 17 (42.5) | 3 (7.5) | 6 (15.0) | 40 (26.6) |
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#Two persons’ ages were not known and involved in the fall and drown mechanism of injury.
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