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Table 5 Severity and war-related disability according to age, sex, and residence

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

 

Severity of injury

War-related disability

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Sig.

Without disability (no)

With disability (yes)

P-value

Age

n

 

 0–19 years

132

71 (36.0%)

28 (25.7%)

33 (28.9%)

.064

104 (33.3%)

28 (25.9%)

.070

 20–39 years

208

85 (43.1%)

55 (50.5%)

68 (59.6%)

143 (45.8%)

65 (60.2%)

 40–59 years

65

33 (16.8%)

21 (19.3%)

11 (9.6%)

52 (16.7%)

13 (12.0%)

 60+ years

15

8 (4.1%)

5 (4.6%)

2 (1.85)

13 (4.2%)

2 (1.9%)

Sex

n

 

 Female

103

60 (30.5%)

25 (22.9%)

18 (15.8%)

.014

88 (28.2%)

15 (13.9%)

.002

 Male

317

137 (69.5%)

84 (77.1%)

96 (84.2%)

224 (71.8%)

93 (86.1%)

Governorate

n

 

 North Gaza

120

67 (34.0%)

33 (30.3%)

20 (17.5%)

.000

101 (32.4%)

19 (17.6%)

.009

 Gaza city

140

62 (31.5%)

27 (24.8%)

51 (44.7%)

99 (31.7%)

41 (38.0%)

 Middle Gaza

62

24 (12.2%)

16 (14.7%)

22 (19.3%)

41 (13.1%)

21 (19.4%)

 Khanyounis

61

29 (14.7%)

15 (13.8%)

17 (14.9%)

40 (12.8%)

21 (19.4%)

 Rafah

37

15 (7.6%)

18 (16.5%)

4 (3.5%)

31 (9.9%)

6 (5.6%)