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J Epidemiol Community Health 54:35-39 doi:10.1136/jech.54.1.35
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Impairments, disabilities and needs assessment among non-fatal war injuries in South Lebanon, Grapes of Wrath, 1996

Table 3

Unmet need by selected baseline variables among injured study population, Grapes of Wrath, Lebanon, 1996

Unmet need for
Medical services Rehabilitative services
% p value % p value
Total 26.6 16.0
Sex
Male 29.0 17.1
 Female 22.6 0.243 14.2 0.520
Age groups (y)
0–14 14.0 6.0
 15–59 29.1 16.5
 60+ 30.8 0.083 30.8 0.018
Severity of the impairments
None 7.8 3.9
 Temporary 47.1 26.5
 Permanent 50.8 0.6703-151 34.4 0.3263-151
Degree of disability
None 9.6 3.0
 One 51.1 13.3
 Two 61.1 33.3
 Three 55.6 44.4
 Four 40.0 55.0
 Five 52.2 0.7753-151 56.5 0.0013-151
  • 3-151 p Value calculated after excluding the “none” category.

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