13.22 Percentage Distribution of Injured Persons by Types of Injury and Residence, 1996

Types of injury National Rural Urban
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00
Large types of wound 24.7 23.9 26.4
Fractured 21.3 22.4 18.9
Wrenched 18.4 19.4 16.5
Severe burn 4.3 4.8 3.4
Electric shock 1.2 0.9 1.7
Suicide 1.0 1.3 0.5
Drawning 2.3 2.9 1.2
Others 26.8 24.4 31.4
Source: Heath and Demographic Survey, 1996, BBS.