Table 1 Socio-economic and demographic characteristics of persons with accidental injury, India, 2014
Co-variates | Percent | Number |
|---|---|---|
Age | ||
 less than 15 | 11.9 | 482 |
 15–29 | 24.3 | 985 |
 30–59 | 47.7 | 1934 |
 60+ | 16.1 | 654 |
Sex | ||
 Male | 73.3 | 2973 |
 Female | 26.7 | 1082 |
Education levela | ||
 Illiterate | 24.1 | 941 |
 Up to primary | 25.9 | 1011 |
 Up to secondary | 38.6 | 1509 |
 Graduation and above | 11.5 | 449 |
Residence | ||
 Rural | 55.8 | 2264 |
 Urban | 44.2 | 1791 |
Caste | ||
 Scheduled Tribes | 9.5 | 387 |
 Scheduled Castes | 17.9 | 724 |
 Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 39.3 | 1595 |
 Others | 33.3 | 1349 |
Religion | ||
 Hindu | 79.6 | 3227 |
 Muslim | 12.2 | 493 |
 Others | 8.3 | 335 |
Household size | ||
 1–3 member | 21.0 | 853 |
 4–6 members | 57.6 | 2335 |
 7 + members | 21.4 | 867 |
Wealth quintile | ||
 Poorest | 15.0 | 608 |
 Poorer | 20.9 | 845 |
 Middle | 19.4 | 788 |
 Richer | 23.0 | 935 |
 Richest | 21.7 | 879 |
Level of care | ||
 Public | 41.2 | 1670 |
 Private | 58.8 | 2385 |
Insurance coveragea | ||
 Not covered | 79.2 | 3098 |
 Covered | 20.8 | 812 |
Reimbursement status | ||
 Received | 4.3 | 174 |
 Not received | 95.7 | 3881 |
Survival status | ||
 Alive | 96.4 | 3910 |
 Dead | 3.6 | 145 |
Duration of stay | ||
 1–2 days | 24.3 | 985 |
 3–7 days | 39.4 | 1599 |
 8–14 days | 17.0 | 688 |
 14+ days | 19.2 | 783 |
Source of financing | ||
 Household income and saving | 69.6 | 2826 |
 Borrowings | 23.0 | 933 |
 Other sources | 7.3 | 296 |
Regionsb | ||
 North | 15.5 | 628 |
 Northeast | 7.7 | 312 |
 East | 17.2 | 697 |
 Central | 22.4 | 909 |
 West | 13.1 | 531 |
 South | 24.1 | 978 |
Total | 100 | 4055 |