Table 2 Mechanism of injury of hospitalized child-bearing age women, Al-Ain Hospital, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, during the period of 2003–2006 (n = 184) compared with the period of 2014–2017 (n = 302)
From: The changing epidemiology of trauma in child-bearing age women
Mechanism | Years 2003–2006 | Years 2014–2017 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number | % | Number | % | P value | |
0.36 (overall) | |||||
MVC | 81 | 44 | 125 | 42.1 | |
Fall down | 48 | 26.1 | 93 | 30.8 | |
Burn | 19 | 10.3 | 25 | 8.3 | |
Fall from height | 16 | 8.7 | 15 | 5 | |
Machinery | 3 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.3 | |
Heavy Object | 2 | 1.1 | 5 | 1.7 | |
Motorcycle | 2 | 1.1 | 4 | 1.3 | |
Bicycle | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 1 | |
Other | 12 | 6.5 | 31 | 10.3 | |
Total | 184 | 100 | 302 | 100 | |