Difference in demographic and clinical characteristics and in type of offence between patients who did/did not report the violence to police
| Variable | Patients who did not report the violence | Patients who reported the violence | All patients* | P value† |
| N=604 | N=104 | N=708 | ||
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Gender | ||||
| Male | 444 (73.5) | 44 (42.3) | 488 (68.9) | |
| Female | 160 (26.5) | 60 (57.7) | 220 (31.1) | <0.001 |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 16–24 | 188 (31.2) | 41 (39.4) | 229 (32.4) | 0.017 |
| 25–34 | 264 (43.8) | 34 (32.7) | 298 (42.1) | |
| 35–44 | 101 (16.7) | 16 (15.4) | 117 (16.5) | |
| 45–54 | 31 (5.1) | 12 (11.5) | 43 (6.1) | |
| 55+ | 20 (3.2) | 1 (1.0) | 21 (2.8) | |
| Day of week | ||||
| Monday | 75 (12.4) | 14 (13.5) | 89 (12.6) | 0.017 |
| Tuesday | 35 (5.8) | 12 (11.5) | 47 (6.6) | |
| Wednesday | 34 (5.6) | 10 (9.6) | 44 (6.2) | |
| Thursday | 32 (5.3) | 5 (4.8) | 37 (5.2) | |
| Friday | 55 (9.1) | 15 (14.4) | 70 (9.9) | |
| Saturday | 155 (25.7) | 27 (26) | 182 (25.7) | |
| Sunday | 218 (36.1) | 21 (20.2) | 239 (33.8) | |
| Time of day | ||||
| 00:00:07:59 | 160 (26.4) | 30 (28.9) | 190 (26.8) | 0.267 |
| 08:00:15:59 | 194 (32.2) | 39 (37.4) | 233 (33) | |
| 16:00:23:59 | 250 (41.4) | 35 (33.6) | 285 (40.3) | |
| Instrument | ||||
| Sharp object | 387 (64.1) | 41 (39.4) | 428 (60.5) | <0.001 |
| Blunt object | 85 (14.1) | 18 (17.3) | 103 (14.5) | |
| Firearm | 22 (3.6) | 5 (4.8) | 27 (3.8) | |
| Push/kick/punch | 74 (12.3) | 31 (29.8) | 105 (14.8) | |
| Human bite | 3 (0.5) | 1 (1) | 4 (0.6) | |
| Choking/strangulation | 1 (0.2) | 1 (1) | 2 (0.3) | |
| Burns | 5 (0.8) | 0 (0) | 5 (0.7) | |
| Unknown | 27 (4.5) | 7 (6.7) | 34 (4.8) | |
| Type of violence | ||||
| Rape/sexual | 7 (1.2) | 9 (8.7) | 16 (2.3) | |
| Property crime related‡ | 239 (39.6) | 26 (25.0) | 265 (37.4) | |
| Interpersonal | 199 (33.0) | 45 (43.2) | 244 (34.5) | <0.001 |
| Gang related | 69 (11.4) | 6 (5.8) | 75 (10.6) | |
| Unknown | 90 (14.9) | 18 (17.3) | 108 (15.3) | |
| Area | ||||
| Enkanini | 32 (5.3) | 4 (3.8) | 36 (5.1) | |
| Harare | 63 (10.4) | 14 (13.5) | 77 (10.9) | |
| Ilitha Park | 17 (2.8) | 1 (1) | 18 (2.5) | |
| Khaya | 22 (3.6) | 4 (3.8) | 26 (3.7) | |
| Kuyasa | 29 (4.8) | 6 (5.8) | 35 (4.9) | 0.689 |
| Makaya | 33 (5.5) | 7 (6.7) | 40 (5.6) | |
| Makhaza | 67 (11.1) | 13 (12.5) | 80 (11.3) | |
| Site B | 218 (36.1) | 38 (36.5) | 256 (36.2) | |
| Site C | 97 (16.1) | 10 (9.6) | 107 (15.1) | |
| Town 2 | 26 (4.3) | 7 (6.7) | 33 (4.7) | |
| Triage code | ||||
| Red | 47 (7.8) | 7 (6.7) | 54 (7.6) | |
| Orange | 204 (33.8) | 23 (22.1) | 227 (32.1) | 0.278 |
| Yellow | 290 (48) | 58 (55.8) | 348 (49.2) | |
| Green | 53 (8.8) | 8 (7.7) | 61 (8.6) | |
| Blue | 1 (0.2) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | |
| Unknown | 9 (1.5) | 8 (7.7) | 17 (2.4) | |
| Alcohol use | ||||
| Yes/suspected | 356 (58.9) | 49 (47.1) | 405 (57.2) | |
| No | 205 (33.9) | 50 (48.1) | 255 (36) | 0.012 |
| Unknown | 43 (7.1) | 5 (4.8) | 48 (6.8) |
*For which the name and surname could be retrieved from the Clinicom database.
†Statistical test for the existence of differences between reporting and non-reporting patients.
‡Property crime related refers to the type of violence that could not be categorised under rape/sexual, interpersonal violence, gang violence or unknown. Cases in this category included violence initiated to facilitate property theft from an individual.