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
%
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