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Table 6 Association between mechanism of injury and death

From: Injury patterns and causes of death in 953 patients with penetrating abdominal war wounds in a civilian independent non-governmental organization hospital in Lashkargah, Afghanistan

Mechanism of injury

Alive

Died

χ2

P

N

%

N

%

Bullet (n = 589)

502

85.2

87

14.8

19.39

< 0.001

Shell (n = 246)

217

88.5

28

11.4

Stab (n = 97)

97

98.9

1

1.1

Mine (n = 21)

15

71.4

6

28.6

Patients (n = 953)

831

87.2

122

12.8