From: A profile of Injury in Fiji: findings from a population-based injury surveillance system (TRIP-10)
Variable | Overall § n (%) | Overall rate* (95% CI) | Fijian n (%) | Fijian rate (95% CI) | Indian, n (%) | Indian rate (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 1994 | 306.5 (293.0, 319.9) | 1133 | 320.2 (301.5, 338.8) | 756 | 290.8 (270.0, 311.5) |
Gender | ||||||
Male | 1373(68.9) | 415.6 (393.6, 437.6) | 808 (71.3) | 452.3 (421.1, 483.5) | 494 (65.3) | 372.0 (339.2, 404.8) |
Female | 621 (31.1) | 193.9 (178.7, 209.2) | 325 (28.7) | 185.4 (165.3, 205.6) | 262 (34.7) | 206.0 (181.0, 230.9) |
Age group | ||||||
0 – 14 years | 451 (2.6) | 246.8 (224.0, 269.5) | 311 (27.4) | 274.8 (244.3, 305.4) | 123 (16.3) | 207.3 (170.6, 243.9) |
15 – 29 years | 694 (34.8) | 368.6 (341.2, 396.0) | 413 (36.5) | 408.4 (369.0, 447.8) | 247 (32.7) | 321.4 (281.3, 361.5) |
30 – 44 years | 442 (22.2) | 321.1 (291.2, 351.0) | 259 (22.8) | 361.3 (317.3, 405.3) | 159 (21.0) | 274.4 (231.7, 317.0) |
≥ 45years | 407(20.4) | 286.8 (258.9, 314.6) | 150 (13.2) | 220.9 (185.5, 256.2) | 227 (30.0) | 344.7 (299.8, 389.5) |
Mechanism of injury | ||||||
Fall | 602 (30.2) | 92.5 (85.1, 99.9) | 309 (27.3) | 87.3 (77.6, 97.0) | 246 (32.5) | 94.6 (82.8, 106.4) |
Hit by person or object | 466 (23.4) | 71.6 (65.1, 78.1) | 334 (29.5) | 94.4 (84.3, 104.5) | 108 (14.3) | 41.5 (33.7, 49.4) |
Road traffic injury | 353(17.7) | 54.3 (48.6, 59.9) | 170 (15.0) | 48.0 (40.8, 55.3) | 171 (22.6) | 65.8 (55.9, 75.6) |
Cutting or piercing | 228 (11.4) | 35.0 (30.5, 39.6) | 167 (14.7) | 47.2 (40.0, 54.3) | 50 (6.6) | 19.2 (13.9, 24.6) |
Poisoning | 169 (8.5) | 26.0 (22.1, 29.9) | 48 (4.2) | 13.6 (9.7, 17.4) | 117 (15.5) | 45 (36.8, 53.2) |
Fire/heat/electricity | 109 (5.5) | 16.8 (13.6, 19.9) | 62 (5.5) | 17.5 (13.2, 21.9) | 45 (6.0) | 17.3 (12.3, 22.4) |
Choking or hanging | 17 (0.9) | 2.6 (1.4, 3.9) | 10 (0.9) | 2.8 (1.1, 4.6) | 6 (0.8) | 2.3 (0.5, 4.2) |
Sexual assault | 9 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.5, 2.3) | - | - | - | - |
Near drowning | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Other | 18 (0.9) | 2.8 (1.5, 4.0) | 13 (1.1) | 3.7 (1.7, 5.7) | - | - |
Unknown | 19 (1.0) | 2.9 (1.6, 4.2) | 13 (1.1) | 3.7 (1.7, 5.7) | 5 (0.7) | 1.9 (0.2, 3.6) |
Intent | ||||||
Unintentional | 1493 (74.9) | 229.5 (217.8, 241.1) | 844 (74.5) | 238.5 (222.4, 254.6) | 568 (75.1) | 218.5 (200.5, 236.4) |
Self-inflicted injury | 144 (7.2) | 22.1 (18.5, 25.7) | 30 (2.6) | 8.5 (5.4, 11.5) | 109 (14.4) | 41.9 (34.1, 49.8) |
Interpersonal violence | 306 (15.3) | 47 (41.8, 52.3) | 23 (20.4) | 65.3 (56.9, 73.7) | 58 (7.7) | 22.3 (16.6, 28.1) |
Undetermined | 51 (2.5) | 7.8 (5.7, 10.0) | 28 (2.5) | 7.9 (5.0, 10.8) | 21 (2.8) | 8.1 (4.6, 11.5) |
Outcome | ||||||
Discharged | 1923 (96.4) | 295.6 (282.3, 308.8) | 1105 (97.5) | 312.2 (293.8, 330.6) | 715 (94.6) | 275.0 (254.8, 295.1) |
Died while admitted | 71 (3.6) | 10.9 (8.4, 13.5) | 28 (2.5) | 7.9 (5.0, 10.8) | 41 (5.4) | 15.98 (10.9, 20.6) |
Length of stay (days) | ||||||
Total | 13,515 | 7463 | 5371 | |||
Mean | 6.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | |||
Median | 3 (0–161) | 3 (0–107) | 3 (0–161) |