Distribution of cases recorded in health facilities and by the police according to gender, age, day of the week, time of day, instrument use, type of violence, incident location, triage score and alcohol/drug use
| Variable | Health data (N=781) | Police data (N=739) |
| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Name and surname completeness | 708 (90.7) | 739 (100) |
| Gender* | ||
| Males | 545 (69.8) | 196 (51.4) |
| Females | 236 (30.2) | 185 (48.6) |
| Age (years)* | ||
| 16–24 | 263 (33.7) | 85 (22.3) |
| 25–34 | 330 (42.2) | 130 (34.1) |
| 35–44 | 118 (15.1) | 72 (18.9) |
| 45–54 | 46 (5.9) | 56 (14.7) |
| 55+ | 24 (3.1) | 38 (10.0) |
| Day of week | ||
| Monday | 95 (12.2) | 103 (13.9) |
| Tuesday | 50 (6.4) | 72 (9.7) |
| Wednesday | 48 (6.1) | 75 (10.1) |
| Thursday | 45 (5.8) | 64 (8.7) |
| Friday | 77 (9.8) | 100 (13.5) |
| Saturday | 203 (26.0) | 165 (22.3) |
| Sunday | 263 (33.7) | 160 (21.7) |
| Time of day | ||
| 00:00:07:59 | 212 (27.1) | 202 (27.3) |
| 08:00:15:59 | 252 (32.3) | 196 (26.5) |
| 16:00:23:59 | 317 (40.5) | 341 (46.1) |
| Instrument used | ||
| Sharp object | 474 (60.7) | 89 (12.0) |
| Blunt object | 112 (14.3) | 70 (9.5) |
| Firearm | 29 (3.7) | 89 (12.0) |
| Push/kick/punch | 115 (14.7) | 309 (41.8) |
| Human bite | 6 (0.8) | 2 (0.3) |
| Choking/strangulation | 2 (0.3) | 8 (1.1) |
| Fire burn | 2 (0.3) | 5 (0.7) |
| Other burn | 3 (0.4) | 2 (0.3) |
| Poisoning | 0 (0.0) | 56 (7.6) |
| Unknown | 38 (4.9) | 109 (14.7) |
| Type of violence | ||
| Rape/sexual | 16 (2.0) | 67 (9.1) |
| Property crime related | 290 (37.0) | 250 (33.8) |
| Interpersonal | 266 (44.8) | 422 (57.1) |
| Gang related | 84 (10.7) | |
| Unknown | 125 (16.0) | † |
| Area | ||
| Enkanini | 41 (5.2) | 9 (1.2) |
| Harare | 85 (10.9) | 66 (8.9) |
| Ilitha Park | 21 (2.7) | 42 (5.7) |
| Khaya | 30 (3.8) | 74 (10.0) |
| Kuyasa | 39 (5.0) | 45 (6.1) |
| Makaya | 43 (5.5) | 37 (5.0) |
| Makhaza | 85 (11.0) | 96 (13.0) |
| Site B | 283 (36.2) | 243 (32.9) |
| Site C | 118 (15.1) | 91 (12.3) |
| Town 2 | 36 (4.6) | 36 (4.9) |
| Triage scores‡ | ||
| Red | 65 (8.3) | – |
| Orange | 251 (32.1) | – |
| Yellow | 380 (48.6) | – |
| Green | 68 (8.7) | – |
| Blue | 1 (0.12) | – |
| Unknown | 18 (2.2) | – |
| Alcohol use‡ | ||
| Yes | 444 (56.8) | – |
| No | 284 (36.4) | – |
| Unknown | 53 (6.8) | – |
*Three hundred and fifty-eight police records had missing values on gender and age.
†For type of violence, the police data did not record an ‘unknown or gang-related’ category.
‡Triage score and alcohol use data were only available for the health dataset.