Table 1 General characteristics of trauma casualties
Variables | (n = 311) | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (Years) | Mean ± SD | 46.7 ± 12.9 |  |
Sex | Male | 189 | 60.8 |
Female | 122 | 39.2 | |
Marital status | Married | 266 | 85.5 |
Widow | 8 | 2.6 | |
Divorced | 3 | 1.0 | |
Single | 34 | 10.9 | |
Residence | Urban | 245 | 78.8 |
Rural | 66 | 21.2 | |
Income | Not specified | 20 | 6.5 |
Less than 5000 Saudi Riyal | 65 | 20.9 | |
5000–15000 Saudi Riyal | 109 | 35.0 | |
15,000–20000 Saudi Riyal | 85 | 27.3 | |
 > 20,000 Saudi Riyal | 32 | 10.3 | |
Education level | Illiterate | 9 | 2.9 |
Read and write | 10 | 3.2 | |
Primary/Preparatory | 29 | 9.4 | |
Secondary | 89 | 28.6 | |
University | 146 | 46.9 | |
Postgraduate | 28 | 9.0 | |
Employment | Governmental sector | 136 | 43.7 |
Private sector | 24 | 7.7 | |
Retired | 72 | 23.2 | |
Un employed | 79 | 25.4 | |
Health worker | No | 282 | 90.7 |
Yes | 29 | 9.3 | |
Health insurance | Governmental insurance | 44 | 14.1 |
Private insurance | 38 | 12.2 | |
No insurance | 229 | 73.6 | |