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Table 4 Top diagnosis

From: Trauma burden in Tanzania: a one-day survey of all district and regional public hospitals

DIAGNOSIS

N = 508

% (95CI)

Open wounds of head, limbs, neck or trunk

183

36.0 (31.8–40.2)

Bone fracture

117

23.0 (19.3–26.7)

Head injury

49

9.6 (7.0–12.2)

Superficial Contusion

41

8.1 (5.7–10.5)

Dog/cat bite

39

7.7 (5.4–10.0)

Polytrauma

28

5.5 (3.5–7.5)

Other Injuries

23

4.5 (2.7–6.3)

Burn

18

3.5 (1.9–5.1)

Visceral injury

6

1.2 (0.3–2.2)

Snake bite

4

0.8 (0.03–1.6)