Table 5 Characteristics of work related fall injuries
Overall | Malawi | Tanzania | |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | N = 1776 | n = 1504 | n = 272 |
Male | 1381(77.8) | 78.0 | 76.5 |
Female | 395 (22.2) | 22.0 | 23.5 |
Age groups | N = 1,776 | n = 1504 | n = 272 |
14–24 year | 389(21.9) | 22.5 | 18.4 |
25–40 years | 829(46.7) | 46.0 | 50.4 |
41–50 years | 328(18.5) | 18.4 | 18.8 |
51–59 years | 147(8.3) | 8.6 | 6.6 |
≥ 60 years | 83(4.7) | 4.5 | 5.9 |
Mechanism of fall | N = 1,425 | n = 1313 | n = 116 |
Fall from height | 486 (34.1) | 30.2 | 76.7 |
Ground level fall | 896(62.9) | 66.5 | 23.3 |
Others1 | 43(3.0) | 3.3 | 0 |
Occupation | N = 1,700 | n = 1443 | n = 257 |
Agriculture or Manual labor1 | 1,161 (68.3) | 70.7 | 54.7 |
Technical or Professional work2 | 439 (25.8) | 23.3 | 40.1 |
Student | 82 (4.8) | 5.1 | 3.2 |
Other3 | 18(1.1) | 0.9 | 1.9 |
Region of injury | N = 1776 | n = 1504 | n = 272 |
Head and Neck | 141 (7.9) | 8.8 | 3.3 |
Chest | 81 (4.6) | 5.2 | 1.1 |
Abdominal pelvic | 48 (2.7) | 2.7 | 2.6 |
Extremities | 1428 (80.4) | 89.6 | 29.4 |
Others | 82 (4.6) | 5.5 | 0 |
Unknown | 8 (0.5) | 0.3 | 0 |
GCS at presentation | N = 1720 | n=1498 | n = 222 |
Normal GCS | 1520 (88.4) | 90.7 | 73 |
Mild TBI | 131 (7.6) | 5.1 | 24.8 |
Moderate TBI | 31(1.8) | 1.8 | 1.8 |
Severe TBI | 38 (2.2) | 2.5 | 0.5 |
Disposition | N = 1,770 | n= 1499 | n = 271 |
Discharged Home | 1,558(88.0) | 94.5 | 52.0 |
Admitted to hospital4 | 167(9.4) | 4.7 | 35.4 |
Referred | 42(2.4) | 0.6 | 12.2 |
Died at EU | 3(0.2) | 0.1 | 0.4 |