Table 2 Mechanism of injury
From: Prevalence and predictors of injuries in Kenya: findings from the national STEPs survey
Cause of injury | Percentage | Total number | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Male | Female | Rural | Urban | N (%) | % (n = 4484) | |
Road traffic | ||||||
 Driver | 100.0 | 0.0 | 51.7 | 48.3 | 41 (25.2) |  |
 Passenger | 59.8 | 40.3 | 57.3 | 42.7 | 78 (47.9) |  |
 Pedestrian | 61.2 | 38.8 | 56.9 | 43.1 | 11 (6.7) |  |
 A cyclist | 94.0 | 6.0 | 72.0 | 28.0 | 33 (20.2) |  |
 Total | 76.9 | 23.1 | 58.9 | 41.1 | 163 (100.0) | 3.6 |
Accidental injury | ||||||
 Cut | 59.7 | 40.3 | 73.5 | 26.5 | 234 (47.7) |  |
 Fall | 54.0 | 46.0 | 70.4 | 29.6 | 166 (33.8) |  |
 Others | 60.6 | 39.4 | 61.3 | 38.7 | 47 (9.6) |  |
 Animal bite | 59.0 | 41.0 | 84.9 | 15.1 | 25 (5.1) |  |
 Burn | 33.0 | 67.0 | 88.9 | 11.1 | 19 (3.9) |  |
 Total | 56.8 | 43.2 | 72.4 | 27.6 | 491 (100.0) | 10.9 |
Violent incident | ||||||
 With weapon | 56.7 | 43.3 | 70.9 | 29.1 | 59 (35.5) |  |
 No weapon | 71.5 | 28.5 | 66.2 | 33.8 | 86 (51.8) |  |
 Others | 58.4 | 41.6 | 78.8 | 21.2 | 21 (12.7) |  |
 Total | 64.6 | 35.4 | 69.3 | 30.7 | 166 (100.0) | 3.7 |