Table 3

Distribution of causes of injury that received any form of healthcare (outpatient, inpatient, traditional healer) in the first week, Sudan Household Health Survey 2010

SubgroupRoad traffic injuryFallsAnimal bite/venomAssaultMechanicalFire/hot substancePoisoning
Sex
 Male159 (77%)270 (61%)124 (45%)62 (74%)59 (67%)32 (53%)31 (52%)
 Female48 (23%)175 (39%)152 (55%)22 (26%)29 (33%)28 (47%)29 (48%)
Age group (years)
 0–410 (5%)34 (8%)13 (5%)2 (2%)3 (3%)30 (50%)7 (12%)
 5–1412 (6%)147 (33%)54 (20%)31 (37%)14 (16%)14 (23%)14 (23%)
 15–44124 (60%)127 (29%)151 (55%)34 (40%)46 (52%)13 (22%)26 (43%)
 45–6444 (21%)85 (19%)49 (18%)11 (13%)19 (22%)3 (5%)12 (20%)
 65+16 (8%)51 (11%)9 (3%)5 (6%)6 (7%)0 (0%)1 (2%)
 Missing1 (0%)1 (0%)(0%)1 (1%)(0%)(0%)(0%)
Area
 Urban114 (55%)138 (31%)37 (13%)35 (42%)25 (28%)22 (37%)23 (38%)
 Rural93 (45%)307 (69%)239 (87%)49 (58%)63 (72%)38 (63%)37 (62%)
Wealth index tertiles
 Poorest43 (21%)165 (37%)84 (30%)40 (48%)26 (30%)19 (32%)15 (25%)
 Middle88 (43%)148 (33%)94 (34%)25 (30%)34 (39%)23 (38%)20 (33%)
 Richest76 (37%)132 (30%)98 (36%)19 (23%)28 (32%)18 (30%)25 (42%)
Highest education attained
 None51 (25%)206 (46%)114 (41%)33 (39%)27 (31%)24 (40%)29 (48%)
 Primary97 (47%)172 (39%)122 (44%)37 (44%)45 (51%)25 (42%)13 (22%)
 Secondary+58 (28%)66 (15%)40 (14%)14 (17%)15 (17%)11 (18%)18 (30%)
 Missing1 (0%)1 (0%)(0%)(0%)1 (1%)(0%)(0%)
Total207 (100%)445 (100%)276 (100%)84 (100%)88 (100%)60 (100%)60 (100%)