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Blast injuries, including those from bombs, missiles, grenades, mortars, landmines, improvised explosive devices, unexploded ordnance or explosive remnants of war were more common in rural settings. (70%)
Accounted for 70.1% of overall injuries, followed by gunshot wounds with 22%
Which were more common in urban
(42.2%)
Semi-urban (26.7%) areas
Other mechanisms of injury included blunt trauma (4.1%)
Assault (3.9%)
Unspecified penetrating trauma (3.4%)
Burns (3.3%)
With the largest number of injuries
occurring to the extremities (33.5%)
Overall the data also highlights that civilians bear a significant burden of morbidity and mortality in conflict zones.
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