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Table 5 Selected baseline characteristics associated with risk of death in road traffic accident victims admitted to hospital in eight districts of Guinea from 2015 to 2017

From: Frequency, characteristics and hospital outcomes of road traffic accidents and their victims in Guinea: a three-year retrospective study from 2015 to 2017

Baseline characteristics

Admitted to hospital

Known death occurring after presentation to a hospitalb

Crude RRc

(95% CI)

P value

Na

n

(%)

  

Sex:

 

Female

7691

45

(0.59)

Ref

 

Male

18850

155

(0.82)

1.41 (1.01–1.96)

0.04

Not recorded

8

0

   

Age in years

Children (< 15)

4238

40

(0.94

1.43 (1.01–2.02)

0.045

Adults (15–64)

21321

141

(0.60)

Ref

 

Elderly (≥65)

855

16

(1.87)

2.83 (1.70–4.72)

< 0.001

Not recorded

135

3

(2.22)

  

Type of hospital

Public

26159

197

(0.75)

Ref

 

Private

390

3

(0.77)

1.02 (0.33–3.18)

0.999

Main anatomical site of injury

Head

No

16739

72

(0.43)

Ref

 

Yes

981

128

(1.31)

3.01 (2.26–4.01)

< 0.001

Not recorded

9

0

   

Chest

 

No

25960

196

(0.76)

Ref

 

Yes

585

3

(0.51)

0.68 (0.22–2.12)

0.717

Not recorded

4

1

   

Abdominal

 

No

26158

196

(0.75)

Ref

 

Yes

389

4

(1.30)

1.37 (0.51–3.67)

0.674

Not recorded

2

0

   

Glasgow Coma Score

 

Normal

24945

75

(0.30)

Ref

 

Mild coma

1134

21

(1.85)

6.16 (3.81–9.96)

< 0.001

Heavy

286

53

(18.53)

8.45 (5.96–11.98)

< 0.001

Dep coma

59

21

(35.59)

178.4 (118.5–178.5)

< 0.001

Not recorded

125

30

   
  1. a = 187 RTA victims dead on arrival, 998 RTA victims with unrecorded unit of admission and those who absconded were excluded
  2. b = includes death occurring in hospital emergency unit and after admission to a hospital department
  3. RR Relative risk, CI Confidence interval
  4. c = Fisher exact test