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Table 1 Traffic injuries reported to police, ambulance, and hospital ED on Karachi-Hala road section (2008)

From: Differences in police, ambulance, and emergency department reporting of traffic injuries on Karachi-Hala road, Pakistan

 

Police

Ambulance

Hospital ED

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Road traffic crash

      

- Fatal

19

44.1

37

14.5

47

10.4

- Not fatal

24

55.8

184

72.2

372

82.9

- Unknown

0

0.0

34

13.3

30

6.7

Road traffic injury

      

- Deaths

27

18.8

55

10.4

60

9.1

- Transported to hospital

80

55.9

428

80.6

601

90.9

- Not transported to hospital

36

25.2

48

9.0

NA

 

Name of patient available*

      

- Yes

96

67.1

414

78.0

648

98.0

- No

47

32.9

117

22.0

13

2.0

Age* (y)

      

- 0-15

14

9.8

34

6.4

62

9.4

- 16-45

88

61.5

292

55.0

516

78.1

- >45

4

2.8

33

6.2

78

11.8

- Unknown

37

25.9

172

32.4

5

0.7

Gender*

      

- Male

93

65.0

364

68.5

609

92.1

- Female

12

8.4

78

14.7

52

7.9

- Unknown

38

26.6

89

16.8

0

0.0

Road user group

      

- Pedestrian

5

3.5

40

7.5

83

12.7

- Motorcycle riders

6

4.2

49

9.2

203

30.6

- Four-wheeled vehicles' occupants

120

83.9

403

75.9

327

49.5

- Others

0

0.0

1

0.2

4

0.6

- Unknown

12

8.4

38

7.2

44

6.6

  1. ED- Emergency department
  2. NA - Not applicable
  3. * Variables used for matching records across the three databases.