Distribution of casualties due to landmines, victim-activated IED and other ERW by age group, Nepal, July 2006 through June 2010 (N=307)*
| Children (0–17 years) N (%) | Adults (18 years and older), N (%) | p Value* | Total N (%) | |
| Total casualties (% of total) | 169 (55.0) | 138 (45.0) | 0.008 | 307 (100.0) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 128 (75.7) | 85 (61.6) | 213 (69.4) | |
| Female | 41 (24.3) | 53 (38.4) | 94 (30.6) | |
| Type of explosive device | ||||
| Sutali bomb | 51 (30.2) | 35 (25.4) | 0.17 | 86 (28.0) |
| Socket bomb | 58 (34.3) | 37 (26.8) | 95 (30.9) | |
| Other IED | 23 (13.6) | 29 (21.0) | 52 (16.9) | |
| Hand grenade | 8 (4.7) | 5 (3.6) | 13 (4.2) | |
| Detonator | 10 (5.9) | 7 (5.1) | 17 (5.5) | |
| Other ERW† | 7 (4.1) | 7 (5.1) | 14 (4.6) | |
| Landmine | 3 (1.8) | 10 (7.3) | 13 (4.2) | |
| Unknown | 9 (5.3) | 8 (5.8) | 17 (5.5) | |
| Activity at the time of injury | ||||
| Handling explosive, playing/curiosity | 73 (43.2) | 25 (18.1) | <0.001 | 98 (31.9) |
| Handling explosive, unspecified reasons | 11 (6.5) | 9 (6.5) | 20 (6.5) | |
| Burning, throwing, or hitting explosive | 21 (12.4) | 13 (9.4) | 34 (11.1) | |
| Standing nearby and/or watching | 36 (21.3) | 51 (37.0) | 87 (28.3) | |
| Collecting wood/food/water | 3 (1.8) | 11 (8.0) | 14 (4.6) | |
| Travelling | 3 (1.8) | 8 (5.8) | 11 (3.6) | |
| Other/unknown | 22 (13.0) | 21 (15.2) | 43 (14.0) | |
| Place of incident | ||||
| Home | 63 (37.3) | 54 (39.1) | 0.008 | 117 (38.1) |
| Village or town | 24 (14.2) | 7 (5.1) | 31 (10.1) | |
| Agricultural land | 25 (14.8) | 32 (23.2) | 57 (18.6) | |
| Forest or grassland | 15 (8.9) | 12 (8.7) | 27 (8.8) | |
| Road or path | 30 (17.8) | 14 (10.1) | 44 (14.3) | |
| Other | 12 (7.1) | 19 (13.8) | 31 (10.1) | |
| Injury type | ||||
| Death | 25 (14.8) | 17 (12.3) | 0.96 | 42 (13.7) |
| Upper body injury | 61 (36.1) | 46 (33.3) | 107 (34.9) | |
| Lower body injury | 27 (16.0) | 24 (17.4) | 51 (16.6) | |
| Upper and lower body injury | 43 (25.4) | 36 (26.1) | 79 (25.7) | |
| Unknown | 13 (7.7) | 15 (10.9) | 28 (9.1) | |
* Pearson χ2 test, association between age group and respective variable.
† Industrially manufactured explosive devices or their parts, such as bombs, rockets or mortar shells, which were deployed or scattered during military activities but failed to detonate (excluding detonators and hand grenades which are listed separately in the table).
ERW, explosive remnants of war; IED, improvised explosive devices.