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Table 4 Injury profile by alcohol-related status, n (%)

From: Involvement of alcohol in injury cases in rural Sri Lanka: prevalence and associated factors among in-patients in three primary care hospitals

Characteristic

Category

Total (n = 883)

 < 10 mg/dL (n = 755)

 ≥ 10 mg/dL (n = 128)

X2

p-value

Mechanism

Transport

251 (28.4)

205 (27.2)

46 (35.9)

32.0

 < 0.001

Mechanical

180 (20.4)

163 (21.6)

17 (13.3)

  

Animal or plant bite/sting

161 (18.2)

153 (20.3)

8 (6.3)

  

Assault

157 (17.8)

119 (15.8)

38 (29.7)

  

Fall

69 (7.8)

58 (7.7)

11 (8.6)

  

Poisoning

45 (5.1)

38 (5.0)

7 (5.5)

  

Othera

20 (2.3)

19 (2.5)

1 (0.8)

  

Place

Street/road/highway

339 (38.4)

280 (37.1)

59 (46.1)

12.5

0.029

Home

312 (35.3)

276 (36.6)

36 (28.1)

  

Occupational

155 (17.6)

140 (18.5)

15 (11.7)

  

Otherb

49 (5.5)

37 (4.9)

12 (9.4)

  

Leisure, recreation, sport

14 (1.6)

11 (1.5)

3 (2.3)

  

Public administrative area

14 (1.6)

11 (1.5)

3 (2.3)

  

Activity

Travelling

323 (36.6)

264 (35.0)

59 (46.1)

8.3

0.082

Vital activities

238 (27.0)

209 (27.7)

29 (22.7)

  

Working

168 (19.0)

152 (20.1)

16 (12.5)

  

Otherc

119 (13.5)

100 (13.2)

19 (14.8)

  

Sport or leisure

35 (4.0)

30 (4.0)

5 (3.9)

  

Intent

Unintentional

683 (77.3)

602 (79.7)

81 (63.3)

18.4

 < 0.001

Intentional

155 (17.6)

116 (15.4)

39 (30.5)

  

Deliberate self-harm

45 (5.1)

37 (4.9)

8 (6.3)

  
  1. aIncludes: ‘Other’, unknown, blast injuries, firearm, foreign body, other, exposure to electric current/heat/hot substances/smoke/fire/flame, drowning, animal/plan stings/bites/attacks, poisoning, fall; bIncludes: ‘other’, data not available/unknown, educational institution, leisure or recreational area/sport
  2. cIncludes: ‘other’, unknown/data not available, leisure activities, whilst in educational activities, doing sport