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Table 3 Environmental factors in road traffic injuries from León and Guadalajara, Mexico

From: Factors associated with the severity of road traffic injuries from emergency department based surveillance system in two Mexican cities

Variables

Guadalajara

León

Total

N = 839

N = 2185

N = 3024

%

%

%

Day of the weeka

Monday

14.8

16.6

16.1

Tuesday

14.9

13.1

13.6

Wednesday

12.4

14.1

13.6

Thursday

13.5

13.1

13.2

Friday

9.5

14.7

13.2

Saturday

13.8

13.4

13.5

Sunday

21.1

15.0

16.7

Time of the daya

Nighttime (20–06 h)

40.5

32.6

34.8

Daylight (07–19 h)

59.5

67.4

65.2

Municipality where the event occurreda

Same Metropolitan Area

61.6

82.9

77.0

Different

29.0

9.4

14.9

Not specified

9.4

7.6

8.1

Means of transportation to ERa

On their own

61.9

49.4

52.8

Public/private service

37.7

50.2

46.7

Not specified

0.5

0.5

0.5

Time in minutes before receiving medical attentiona

30 min or less

54.4

37.5

42.2

31–60 min

22.7

23.9

23.5

61 min or more

20.1

37.0

32.3

Not specified

2.9

1.7

2.0

  1. a p-value < 0.001