Table 1
Descriptive data for patients with weapons injury during conflict and post-conflict periods
| Post—conflict period | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conflict period: Hospital A | Hospital A | Hospital B | Total | |
| Months of observation* | 50 | 11 | 10 | 18 |
| Mean daily patient census | 99 | 108 | 92 | 100 |
| Mean (SD) age | 25.6 (12.6) | 26.2 (10.7) | 24.2 (12.3) | 25.2 (11.5) |
| Proportion (%) male | 94 | 97 | 97 | 97 |
| Mean No of operations | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.5 |
| Median length of stay (days) | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 |
| Number (%) of admissions | ||||
| All weapons | 1825 | 266 | 241 | 507 |
| Guns | 670 (37) | 55 (21) | 110 (46) | 165 (33) |
| Fragmenting munitions | 426 (23) | 84 (32) | 57 (24) | 141 (28) |
| Mines | 729 (40) | 127 (48) | 74 (31) | 201 (40) |
| In—hospital mortality (%) | ||||
| All weapons | 2.5 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 6.1 |
| Guns | 3.3 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| Fragmenting munitions | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Mines | 1.8 | 7.1 | 12.2 | 9.0 |
↵*Hospital A contributed data from January 1991 to March 1995 during the conflict period, and from September 1995 to July 1996 during the post-conflict period. Hospital B contributed data only during the post-conflict period, from May 1996 to February 1997
