Table 2 Characteristics of the included trauma patients (n = 783)
Demographics | Values |
|---|---|
Age, median (IQR) | 41 (24 to 60) |
Gender, n (%) | Â |
   Male | 572 (73.1%) |
   Female | 211 (26.9%) |
Dominating type of injury, n (%) | Â |
   Blunt | 713 (91.1%) |
   Penetrating | 68 (8.7%) |
   Missing data | 2 (0.2%) |
Mechanism of injury, n (%) | Â |
   Traffic: motor vehicle accident (excluding motorcycle) | 154 (19.7%) |
   Traffic: motorcycle accident | 114 (14.6%) |
   Traffic: bicycle accident | 48 (6.1%) |
   Traffic: pedestrian | 68 (8.7%) |
   Traffic: other | 31 (4.0%) |
   Shot | 36 (4.6%) |
   Stabbed | 31 (4.0%) |
   Struck or hit by blunt object | 33 (4.2%) |
   Low energy fall | 87 (11.1%) |
   High energy fall | 151 (19.3%) |
   Other | 22 (2.8%) |
   Unknown | 5 (0.6%) |
   Missing data | 3 (0.4%) |
Injuries grouped by AIS body regions, n (%) | Â |
   Head | 1,148 (26.4%) |
   Face | 407 (9.4%) |
   Neck | 16 (0.4%) |
   Thorax | 713 (16.4%) |
   Abdomen | 252 (5.8%) |
   Spine | 426 (9.8%) |
   Upper extremity | 388 (8.9%) |
   Lower extremity | 532 (12.3%) |
   External and other | 85 (2.0%) |
   Missing data | 375 (8.6%) |
Injuries grouped by AIS severity levels, n (%) | Â |
   AIS 1 to 3 | 3,554 (81.9%) |
   AIS 4 to 6 | 772 (17.8%) |
   AIS 9 (unknown) | 16 (0.3%) |
NISS groups, n (%) | Â |
   16 to 24 | 313 (40.0%) |
   25 to 40 | 283 (36.1%) |
   41 to 56 | 123 (15.7%) |
   57 to 75 | 64 (8.2%) |
Survival status, n (%) | Â |
   Died | 110 (14.0%) |
   Survived | 621 (79.3%) |
   Unknown | 43 (5.5%) |
   Missing data | 9 (1.1%) |