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Table 1 Causes of TBI in different age groups in Egypt

From: Epidemiology of moderate and severe traumatic brain injury in Cairo University Hospital in 2010

Age (years)

NO = 844/ 4 months

FFH

MVC

Abuse/ neglect

Violence/ assaults

Struck by/ against

Other causes/ not known

1 to 5

54 (6%)

20 (37%)

10 (19%)

8 (15%)

-

8 (15%)

8 (14%)

6 to 18

91 (11%)

28 (31%)

20 (22%)

5 (6%)

6 (5 %)

22 (25%)

10 (11%)

19 to 29

150 (18%)

49 (33%)

45 (30%)

-

14 (9%)

18 (12%)

24 (16%)

30 to 55

381 (45%)

114 (30%)

134 (35%)

-

19 (5%)

50 (13%)

64 (17%)

Above 55

168 (20%)

47 (28%)

41 (24%)

11 (7%)

5 (3%)

25 (15%)

39 (23%)