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Table 2 Comparison of the prehospital, Emergency Department (ED) and hospital deaths among USA, Mexico, Ghana and Iran

From: Childhood trauma fatality and resource allocation in injury control programs in a developing country

Country

Place of death occurrence

 

Prehospital

ED

Hospital

Seattle, USA

59%

18%

23%

Monterrey, Mexico

72%

21%

7%

Kumasi, Ghana

81%

5%

14%

Tehran, Iran

42%

20%

36%