Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of the Survivors, Non-survivors, and Total Sample.

Characteristics Total Sample (n=358) Survivors (n=345) Non-survivors (n=13) P Value (Fisher’s exact test)
Age, year (mean±SD) 8.96±5.51 8.98±5.52 8.62±5.38 0.798*
Gender, n (%)
 Male 235 (65.6) 226 (34.5) 4 (30.8) 0.100
 Female 123 (34.4) 119 (65.5) 9 (69.2)
Mechanisms of injuries, n (%)
 Traffic accident 293 (81.8) 280 (81.2) 13 (100.0) 0.137
 Others 65 (28.2) 65 (18.8) 0 (00.0)
*Mann-Whitney U test.
Including falling and penetrating injuries.
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2019 October; 10(4): e0022. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2019 October 29. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10376