Body site and nature of injuries for non-fatal injuries, by injury mechanism, Khartoum State study sample, Sudan, 2010
| Falls | Mechanical injuries | Road traffic crashes | Burns | Poisoning | Others | Total n (100%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Body site n (%) | |||||||
| Upper limb | 62 (32.1) | 45 (23.3) | 41 (21.2) | 27 (14.0) | 8 (4.1) | 10 (5.2) | 193 |
| Lower limb | 34 (26.0) | 37 (28.2) | 23 (17.6) | 13 (9.9) | 6 (4.6) | 18 (13.7) | 131 |
| Face | 19 (34.5) | 20 (36.4) | 9 (16.4) | 4 (7.3) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (5.5) | 55 |
| Head | 9 (25.7) | 16 (45.7) | 7 (20.0) | 2 (5.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.9) | 35 |
| Abdomen and pelvis | 9 (28.1) | 2 (6.3) | 10 (31.3) | 2 (6.3) | 9 (28.1) | 0 (0.0) | 32 |
| Spine | 4 (22.2) | 5 (27.8) | 7 (38.9) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (11.1) | 18 |
| Neck | 0 (0.0) | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 |
| Nature of injury n (%) | |||||||
| Deep injury | 22 (21.0) | 47 (44.8) | 15 (14.3) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (20.0) | 105 |
| Superficial injury | 34 (36.6) | 39 (41.9) | 14 (15.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 6 (6.5) | 93 |
| Fracture | 42 (60.0) | 10 (14.3) | 18 (25.7) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 70 |
| Dislocation | 26 (48.1) | 14 (25.9) | 13 (24.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.9) | 54 |
| Burn | 0 (0.0) | 1 (2.2) | 2 (4.4) | 40 (88.9) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.4) | 45 |
| Poisoning | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 21 (80.8) | 5 (19.2) | 26 |
| Sprain/strain | 7 (46.7) | 5 (33.3) | 3 (20.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 15 |
| Concussion | 1 (25.0) | 2 (50.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 4 |
| Internal injury | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 |
| Others | 5 (23.8) | 7 (33.3) | 6 (28.6) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (14.3) | 21 |