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Table 1 Injury admissions to hospital by gender, age group, ethnicity, and mechanism in Viti Levu, Fiji, October 2005-September 2006

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)

 
  1. Source:Fiji Bureau of Statistics 2007 census data[16]; * Rate per 100,000; § ‘Other’ ethnic group is included in the overall count and rate calculation; - Cells with values less than 5 have been omitted.