Table 3 Impact of individual behavior on victims’ 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(%) | ||||
Disaster avoidance behavior | Stand still | 19 (20.2) | 8 (42.1) | 11 (57.9) | 0.838 a | 7 (10.5) | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | 0.011a |
Fled to indoor | 52 (55.3) | 18 (34.6) | 34 (65.4) | 26 (38.8) | 9 (34.6) | 17 (64.4) | |||
Hold doors and windows | 19 (20.2) | 6 (31.6) | 13 (68.4) | 33 (49.3) | 24 (72.7) | 9 (27.3) | |||
Run away from the tornado | 4 (4.3) | 2 (50.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Fear level | No fear | 5 (5.3) | 4 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0.137 | 3 (4.5) | 2 (66.7) | 1 (33.3) | 0.011a |
A little fear | 4 (4.3) | 2 (50.0) | 20 (50.0) | 2 (3.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
General fear | 7 (7.5) | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | 3 (4.5) | 3 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
Severe fear | 17 (18.1) | 8 (47.1) | 9 (52.9) | 7 (10.5) | 5 (71.4) | 2 (28.6) | |||
Extreme fear | 61 (64.9) | 18 (29.5) | 43 (70.5) | 52 (77.6) | 26 (50.0) | 26 (50.0) | |||
The Need for tornado escape drills | Yes | 81 (86.2) | 31 (38.3) | 50 (61.7) | 0.455b | 50 (74.6) | 33 (66.0) | 17 (34.0) | 0.009 |
No | 13 (13.8) | 3 (23.1) | 10 (76.9) | 17 (25.4) | 5 (29.4) | 12 (70.6) | |||