From: Epidemiology of adult trauma injuries in Malawi: results from a multisite trauma registry
Trauma indicators | Summary of existing evidence on trauma in Sub-Saharan Africa | ||||||
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Chichom-Mefire et al. (2017) | Botchey et al. (2017) | Kobusingye et al. (2002) | Nicol et al. (2014) | Samuel et al. (2009) | Chokotho et al. (2019) | Sawe et al. (2020) | |
Country | Cameroon | Kenya | Uganda | South Africa | Malawi | Malawi | Tanzania |
Timeline | January 2008–October 2013 | January 2014–May 2015 | January 1998–December 1998 | October 2010–September 2011 | February 2008–June 2008 | May 2013–May 2015 | February 2019–September 2020 |
Number of trauma cases | 5617 | 14,237 | 4359 | 9236 | 1474 | 3747 | 6302 |
Number of facilities | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Causes of trauma | |||||||
RTC | 55.1% | 36.80% | 50% | 18.80% | 43.40% | 31.60% | 60.3% |
Falls | 4% | 26.40% | 13% | 18.40% | 13.50% | 10.00% | 18.50% |
Assault | 21.8% | NA | NA | 20.90% | 24% | 38.2% | 5.40% |
Stab/Cut | NA | 8.20% | 16% | NA | NA | NA | 3.00% |
Blunt force trauma | NA | NA | NA | 17% | NA | NA | NA |
Serious trauma | |||||||
Share of mild trauma | 94% | NA | 97% | NA | NA | NA | 83% |
Intent | |||||||
Share of intentional injuries | NA | NA | 13% | 32.10% | NA | 33.40% | 8.90% |
Share of fractures | NA | NA | NA | NA | 14.30% | 13.00% | 24.90% |
Share of cases admitted | 6.40% | 24%* | 33.00% | NA | 26.80% | 14.30% | 44%* |
Share of deaths | 0.40% | 2.40% | 0.60% | NA | 3.50% | 0.10% | 2.10% |
Share of males | 67% | 76.10% | 72.30% | 71.30% | 75.70% | 79.10% | 71.30% |
Mean or Median age | 26.8+ | 28+ | 24.2+ | 25–44^ | < 5 and 26–30# | 32+ | 27~ |