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Table 4 Death characteristics by residence

From: Road traffic related mortality in Vietnam: Evidence for policy from a national sample mortality surveillance system

Variable

Rural

Urban

Mountainous

n

%

n

%

n

%

Health facility

None

217

44.9

130

40.4

129

50.4

District

31

6.4

10

3.1

22

8.6

Province

106

21.9

79

24.5

48

18.8

Central

65

13.5

50

15.5

11

4.3

Other

40

8.3

34

10.6

20

7.8

Don’t know

24

5.0

19

5.9

26

10.2

Survival time

<1 hour

215

44.5

150

46.6

102

39.8

1hour - <1 day

161

33.3

97

30.1

120

46.9

1-9 days

66

13.7

50

15.5

29

11.3

10 days+

25

5.2

10

3.1

5

2.0

Don’t remember

16

3.3

15

4.7

0

0.0

Place of death

At home

127

26.3

104

32.3

77

30.1

In a health facility

149

30.8

97

30.1

59

23.0

On the way

74

15.3

39

12.1

62

24.2

At the accident site

133

27.5

82

25.5

58

22.7