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Table 3 Injury characteristics of the study sample (n = 420)

From: The burden of war-injury in the Palestinian health care sector in Gaza Strip

Injury Information

n

% (95% CI)

 Injury site

Upper body

149

35.5 (31.0–40.1)

Lower body

89

21.2 (17.0–25.0)

Upper and lower body

67

16.0 (12.4–19.5)

Multiple sites

63

15.0 (11.9–18.3)

Head

30

7.10 (4.9–9.8)

Head and upper body

17

4.0 (2.4–6.3)

Head and lower body

5

1.2 (0.2–2.4)

 Mechanism/cause of injury

Explosion

306

72.9 (68.6–76.9)

Gunshot

35

8.3 (6.0–11.5)

Others

79

18.8 (15.5–22.5)

 Nature of injury

Shrapnel, burns and wounds

165

39.3 (35.5–43.9)

Multiple injuries

102

24.3 (20.2–28.4)

Fractures

57

13.6 (10.2–16.7)

Internal organ injury & bleeding

41

9.8 (6.2–13.8)

Abrasion, lacerations, contusion

20

4.8 (2.6–6.7)

Amputation

19

4.5 (2.6–6.9)

Vision/hearing problems or both

8

1.9 (0.8–3.3)

Respiratory problems

8

1.9 (0.7–3.3)

 Severity of injury

Mild

197

46.9 (41.9–51.9)

Moderate

109

26.0 (22.0–30.5)

Severe

114

27.1 (23.6–31.2)

Information about war injury-related disability

 Disability

No disability

312

74.3 (70.2–78.8)

With disability

108

25.7 (21.2–29.8)

 Type of disability

Physical impairment

80

19.0 (15.0–22.7)

Visual impairment

11

2.6 (1.2–4.3)

Hearing impairment

12

2.9 (1.2–4.6)

Multiple impairment

5

1.2 (0.2–2.4)

Total

420

100.0