Table 1 Zonal and sex distribution of study participants and overall prevalence, causes and outcomes of war-related injuries in Tigray, Ethiopia (N = 4,381)
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent | 95% Confidence Interval | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||
Zone (n = 4379) | ||||
South | 533 | 12.2 | 11.2 | 13.2 |
South Eastern | 479 | 10.9 | 10.0 | 11.8 |
Mekelle | 297 | 6.8 | 6.1 | 7.5 |
Central | 1155 | 26.4 | 25.1 | 27.7 |
Eastern | 1224 | 28.0 | 26.6 | 29.3 |
North Western | 691 | 15.8 | 14.7 | 16.9 |
Sex of respondent | ||||
Female | 3308 | 75.5 | 74.2 | 76.7 |
Male | 1073 | 24.5 | 23.3 | 25.8 |
Any war related injury (n = 4339) | ||||
No | 4041 | 93.1 | 92.4 | 93.8 |
Yes | 298 | 6.9 | 6.2 | 7.6 |
Cause of injury (n = 181) | ||||
Bullet | 120 | 66.3 | 59.1 | 72.9 |
Military explosive/land mine | 14 | 7.7 | 3.9 | 12.2 |
Heavy artillery | 41 | 22.7 | 17.1 | 28.7 |
Air bombardment | 6 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 6.1 |
Outcome of injury (n = 240) | ||||
Death | 105 | 43.8 | 37.5 | 50.0 |
Physical disability | 135 | 56.2 | 50.0 | 62.5 |