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Table 1 Characteristics of patients in the emergency department who were admitted to Nap Kenbe Hospital, Haiti, or to Kunduz Hospital, Afganistan

From: The modified south African triage scale system for mortality prediction in resource-constrained emergency surgical centers: a retrospective cohort study

 

Nap Kenbe Hospital, Haiti

Kunduz Hospital, Afganistan

Age (median)

27

20

Gender (Male)

75%

83%

Reason for admission

 Burns

6 (0.1%)

1 (0.05%)

 Traffic and road accidents

3070 (40%)

601 (28.22%)

 Assault

74 (1%)

39 (1.83%)

 Gunshot wound

991 (13%)

443 (20.8%)

 Knife wound

510 (7%)

39 (1.83%)

 Blast

0

294 (13.80%)

 Mine

0

23 (1.08%)

 Torture

41 (1%)

0

 Other trauma (work, sport, and domestic accidents, etc.)

2356 (31%)

690 (32.39%)

 Non-trauma (peritonitis, obstruction, etc.)

551 (7%)

0

 Other (rare causes)

19 (0.2%)

0

Total admissions

7618

2130

SATS category

 Red

617 (8%)

563 (26%)

 Orange

3106 (41%)

1087 (51%)

 Yellow

3601 (47%)

466 (21%)

 Green

294 (4%)

4 (0.2%)

Mortality

2.2%

4.9%