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Table 2 Gender-based differences in the cause of injuries

From: Gender-specific differences in severely injured patients between 2002 and 2011: data analysis with matched-pair analysis

Cause of injury

Male (%)

Female (%)

P value

Suicide

11.5

9.4

0.32

Traffic accident, car

14.2

11.5

0.26

Traffic accident, motorcycle

14.8

1.4

<0.001*

Traffic accident, bicycle

6.0

5.0

0.55

Traffic accident, pedestrian

9.3

22.3

<0.001*

Fall >3 m

21.4

19.1

0.41

Fall <3 m

13.7

27.0

<0.001*

Suspected violent crime

5.0

4.0

0.49

Penetrating trauma

11.84

3.61

<0.001*

  1. *Significant difference.
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