Table 5

Adjusted prevalence ratio (PR) (95% CIs) by age, gender, area of residence, socioeconomic status (wealth index tertiles) and highest education attained for injury that led to hospitalisation in the 1st week, Sudan Household Health Survey 2010

RTCFallsPoisoningMechanicalFire/hot substanceAnimal bite/venomAssault
Gender (ref=females)p<0.001p=0.01p=0.83p=0.17p=0.63p=0.90p=0.04
Males3.0 (1.7–5.3)*2.1 (1.2–3.8)*1.1 (0.4–3.2)2.6 (0.7–10)0.8 (0.3–2.1)1.1 (0.4–2.5)3.3 (1.1–9.8)*
Area (ref=urban)p<0.001p=0.42p=0.31p=0.22p=0.10p=0.13p=0.64
Rural0.4 (0.3–0.7)*0.8 (0.5–1.4)0.6 (0.2–1.6)2.3 (0.6–9.1)0.4 (0.1–1.2)2.1 (0.8–5.6)0.8 (0.3–2.3)
Age group (ref=0–44)p<0.001p<0.001p=0.31p=0.81p=0.39p=0.86p=0.72
45+2.5 (1.5–4.2)*3.2 (1.8–5.7)*0.4 (0.1–2.7)1.2 (0.2–6.1)0.4 (0.05–3.3)1.1 (0.3–3.7)1.3 (0.4–4.3)
Wealth index tertiles (ref=poorest)p=0.57p=0.44p=0.26p=0.85p=0.29p=0.11p=0.03
Richest1.2 (0.6–2.6)0.7 (0.3–1.5)2.9 (0.4–20.9)1.3 (0.3–5.4)0.5 (0.2–1.3)1.4 (0.3–5.7)0.2 (0–0.8)*
Middle1.4 (0.7–2.7)1.2 (0.7–2.3)3.9 (0.7–21.1)0.9 (0.2–4.3)1.1 (0.4–2.9)3.1 (0.9–11.1)0.3 (0.1–0.9)
Education (ref=none)p=0.42p=0.33p=0.17p=0.58p=0.63p=0.09p=0.31
Secondary+1.6 (0.7–3.7)1.4 (0.6–3.3)0.9 (0.3–3.3)1.5 (0.3–7.5)1.3 (0.4–4.5)3.6 (1.1–11.4)*3.4 (0.6–19.5)
Primary1.5 (0.8–2.9)1.5 (0.8–2.7)0.2 (0.1–1.1)2.1 (0.5–9)1.7 (0.6–5.1)1.6 (0.6–4.4)2.5 (0.7–8.9)
  • 197 records were excluded due to missing values.

  • *Statistically significant at 0.05 level.