Table 6 Place of injury by area and cause
From: Injury morbidity in an urban and a rural area in Tanzania: an epidemiological survey
Place of injury | All injuries | Falls | Cuts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Urban (n = 206) | Rural (n = 303) | Urban (n = 56) | Rural (n = 83) | Urban (n = 38) | Rural (n = 149) | |
% | % | % | % | % | % | |
Home | ||||||
Inside | 16.9 | 12.5 | 23.2 | 6.0 | 13.2 | 8.1 |
Outside | 24.3 | 24.8 | 41.1 | 31.3 | 39.5 | 24.8 |
Workplace/factory | 8.3 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 23.7 | 1.3 |
Farm | 0 | 33.3 | 0 | 22.9 | 0 | 53.0 |
On the road | 38.8 | 19.5 | 5.4 | 25.3 | 15.8 | 6.7 |
Recreation area including sports | 9.7 | 1.9 | 21.4 | 2.4 | 7.9 | 1.3 |
School | 1.9 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 8.4 | 0 | 4.0 |