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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of RTI victims admitted at ACSRH, Mekelle, Ethiopia, 2015–2018 (N = 322)

From: Road traffic injured patients with severe GCS and organ injury had a poor prognosis: a retrospective cohort study

Socio-demographic characteristics

Recovered(N = 258)

Censored (N = 64)

Total (N = 322)

Age of patients

 0–14

38(14.7%)

5(7.8%)

43(13.3%)

 15–24

64(24.8%)

10(15.6%)

74(23%)

 25–35

84(32.6%)

16(25%)

100(31.1%)

  > 36

72(27.9%)

33(51.6%)

105(32.6%)

Sex of patients

 Male

197(76.4%)

49(76.6%)

246(76.4%)

 Female

61(23.6%)

15(23.4%)

76(23.6%)

Residence of patients

 Urban

111(43.0%)

29(45.3%)

140(43.5%)

 Rural

147(57%)

35(54.7%)

182(56.5%)

Ethnicity

 Tigrawi/ti

234(90.7%)

59(92.2%)

293(91.0%)

 Othera

24(9.3%)

5(7.8%)

29(9%)

  1. Othera include Afar, Amhara, and Benshangul gumuz