Table 3 Causation and Medical Profile of Sample
Cause of loss of mobility total sample | Male | +Medical 14% | Trauma (non-UXO) 22% | Trauma (UXO) 64% |
Female | Medical 60% | Trauma (non-UXO) 13% | Trauma (UXO) 27% | |
Injury Cause in landmine/UXO group | Antipersonnel landmine | 34% | ||
UXO | 32% | |||
Unknown | 17% | |||
Upper limb injury in addition lower limb injury | 14% males, 7% females | |||
Activity at time of injury in Landmine/UXO sample | Walking | 17% | ||
Farming/Herding | 12% | |||
Travelling | 11% | |||
Collecting firewood | 9% | |||
Burning rubbish | 6% | |||
Forestry | 6% | |||
Scrap metal collection | 6% | |||
Fishing/hunting | 3% | |||
Demining | 3% | |||
Other/no response | 27% | |||
Use of mobility equipment | Prostheses | Landmine/UXO 74% | Non-UXO 50% | |
Wheelchair | Landmine/UXO 0% | Non-UXO 16% | ||
Crutches | Landmine/UXO 21% | Non-UXO 15% | ||
None | Landmine/UXO 5% | Non-UXO 19% | ||
Complained of anxiety/depression since injury or illness | Landmine/UXO | Yes 83% | No 17% | |
Non-UXO | Yes 79% | No 21% | ||
Complained of chronic pain since injury or illness | Landmine/UXO | Yes 63% | No 37% | |
Non-UXO | Yes 46% | No 54% | ||
Had access to medical care following accident/illness | Landmine/UXO | Yes 78% | No 22% | |
Non-UXO | Yes 58% | No 42% | ||