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Table 1 Impact of the victims’ demographic characteristics on their injuries

From: Factors associated with injuries among tornado victims in Yancheng and Chifeng, China

Category

Grouping

Yancheng

P

Chifeng

P

Total number(%)

Number of uninjured(%)

Number of injured(%)

Total number(%)

Number of uninjured(%)

Number of injured(%)

Sex

Male

46 (48.9)

20 (43.5)

26 (56.5)

0.149

53 (79.1)

30 (56.6)

23 (43.4)

0.971

Female

48 (51.1)

14 (29.2)

34 (70.8)

 

14 (20.9)

8 (57.1)

6 (42.9)

 

Age

< 20

3 (3.2)

2 (66.7)

1 (33.3)

0.336a

1 (1.5)

0 (0.0)

1 (100.0)

0.655 a

20–65

60 (63.8)

23 (38.3)

37 (61.7)

 

60 (89.6)

34 (56.7)

26 (43.3)

 

> 65

31 (33.0)

9 (29.0)

22 (71.0)

 

6 (9.0)

4 (66.7)

2 (33.3)

 

Education level

Illiteracy

31 (33.0)

12 (38.7)

19 (61.3)

0.153

3 (4.5)

1 (33.3)

2 (66.7)

0.516 a

Primary school

32 (34.0)

8 (25.0)

24 (75.0)

 

10 (14.9)

4 (40.0)

6 (60.0)

 

Junior middle school

20 (21.3)

11 (55.0)

9 (45.0)

 

19 (28.4)

12 (63.2)

7 (36.8)

 

High school and above

11 (11.7)

3 (27.3)

8 (72.7)

 

35 (53.2)

21 (60.0)

14 (40.0)

 

Annual incomec

<  10,000

53 (56.4)

12 (22.6)

41 (77.4)

0.001 a

53 (79.1)

30 (56.6)

23 (43.4)

1.000 a

10,000-50,000

37 (39.4)

18 (48.6)

19 (51.4)

 

12 (17.9)

7 (58.3)

5 (41.7)

 

>  50,000

4 (4.3)

4 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

 

2 (3.0)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

 

Marital status

married

73 (77.7)

24 (32.9)

49 (67.1)

0.215

59 (88.1)

34 (57.6)

25 (42.4)

0.977b

Unmarriedd

21 (22.3)

10 (47.6)

11 (52.4)

 

8 (11.9)

4 (50.0)

4 (50.0)

 
  1. aFisher’s exact probability test
  2. bYates’ continuity correction
  3. cCҰ (Chinese Yuan)
  4. dIncluding the divorced and widowed