Trends and characteristics of oral and maxillofacial injuries in Nigeria: a review of the literature

Head & Face Medicine

Table 3 Analysis of road traffic injuries due to motor vehicles and motorcycles between 1965 and 1999 in Ibadan^a and between 1985 and 1995 in Enugu^b.

	IBADAN (South-west, Nigeria)
Types of automobile involved	Study period
	1965–1975	1978–1982	1982–1984	1995–1999
Motor vehicles	46.3%	84.9%	80%	63.4%
Motorcycles	7.8%	10.6%	#	20.6%*
	ENUGU (South-east, Nigeria)
	Study period
	1985–1990		1991–1995
Motor vehicles	59%		59%
Motorcycles	16%		25%

^a adapted from Abiose [22], Ajagbe et al [21], Fasola et al [18] and Nyako [23]
^b adapted from Oji [16]
# = not specified
* statistically significant (p = 0.02)

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