Table 2

Sociodemographic characteristics of Cameroonian patients >15 years old who sought hospital-level care for interpersonal violence-related injury compared with unintentional injury between 2017 and 2020, stratified by sex

VariableOverall, N=7605Males, n=5488Females, n=2117
IPVRI n=1060Unintentional n=4428P valueIPVRI n=306Unintentional n=1811P value
Age, n (%)
Median (IQR)32 (25–42)29 (23.5–38)32 (25–41)<0.001*30 (25–38)34 (26–46)<0.001*
 15–241805 (23.7)309 (29.2)1026 (23.2)<0.001*76 (24.8)394 (21.8)<0.001*
 25–342590 (34.1)402 (37.9)1534 (34.6)125 (40.9)529 (29.2)
 35–441649 (21.7)206 (19.4)991 (22.4)64 (20.9)388 (21.4)
 45–54805 (10.6)94 (8.9)453 (10.2)27 (8.8)231 (12.8)
 55+756 (9.9)49 (4.6)424 (9.6)14 (4.6)269 (14.8)
Education level, n (%)<0.001*0.153
 No formal †402 (5.3)82 (7.7)207 (4.7)13 (4.2)100 (5.5)
 Primary†1793 (23.6)286 (27.0)1081 (24.4)72 (23.5)354 (19.6)
 Secondary/high school3868 (50.8)517 (48.8)2308 (52.1)155 (50.7)888 (49.0)
 University966 (12.7)90 (8.5)511 (11.5)40 (13.1)325 (17.9)
 Missing data576 (7.6)85 (8.0)321 (7.3)26 (8.5)144 (8.0)
Employment status, n (%)<0.001*0.001*
 Employed ‡5354 (70.4)724 (68.3)3521 (79.5)158 (51.6)951 (52.5)
 Unemployed §486 (6.4)169 (15.9)260 (5.9)18 (5.9)39 (2.2)
 Housewife †531 (7.0)76 (24.8)455 (25.1)
 Retired†190 (2.5)10 (1.0)130 (2.9)2 (0.7)48 (2.7)
 Student934 (12.3)123 (11.6)450 (10.2)49 (16.0)312 (17.2)
 Missing data110 (1.4)34 (3.2)67 (1.5)3 (1.0)6 (0.3)
Household SES cluster, n (%)<0.001*0.202
 Rural poor†43 (0.6)6 (0.5)27 (0.6)1 (0.3)9 (0.5)
 Rural wealthy†683 (9.0)76 (7.2)436 (9.8)31 (10.1)140 (7.7)
 Urban poor110 (1.5)37 (3.5)53 (1.2)5 (1.7)15 (0.8)
 Urban MC homeowner906 (11.9)145 (13.7)560 (12.7)27 (8.8)174 (9.6)
 Urban MC tenant4135 (54.4)617 (58.2)2409 (54.4)171 (55.9)938 (51.8)
 Urban wealthy1468 (19.3)143 (13.5)801 (18.1)61 (19.9)463 (25.6)
 Missing data260 (3.4)36 (3.4)142 (3.2)10 (3.3)72 (4.0)
Alcohol use, n (%) ¶<0.001*<0.001*
 Yes817 (10.7)210 (19.8)490 (11.1)42 (13.7)75 (4.1)
 No6077 (79.9)702 (66.2)3521 (79.5)251 (82.0)1603 (88.5)
 Unknown711 (9.4)148 (14.0)417 (9.4)13 (4.3)133 (7.4)
  • *Significant at the p<0.05 level.

  • †Variable categories combined for inclusion in multivariable logistic regression models.

  • ‡Includes self-employed, salaried worker and any applicable free-text responses.

  • §Includes unemployed (unable to work) and unemployed (able to work).

  • ¶“Did alcohol likely contribute to this injury?”

  • IPVRI, Interpersonal violence-related injury ; MC, middle-class ; SES, socioeconomic status .