Table 4 Mean treatment costs by patient and injury characteristics

Total cost

Mean (standard deviation)

6,198 (5,782)

8,989 (10,276)

14,205 (14,910)

21,173 (20,177)

9,530 (11,872)

Median (interquartile range)

4,668 (3,475 to 6,861)

5,692 (3,632 to 9,986)

8,884 (4,660 to 18,444)

15,041 (6,205 to 30,266)

5,390 (3,626 to 9815)

n

12,775

4,105

2,910

2,678

22,468

Mean total cost

By gender

   Male

6,081

9,041

14,128

21,283

10,158

   Female

6,343

8,865

14,454

20,786

8,433

By age group

   18 to 24 years

5,506

8,053

12,808

19,495

9,563

   25 to 44 years

5,507

8,431

13,379

22,176

9,588

   45 to 64 years

6,035

9,877

15,236

23,815

9,663

   65 to 74 years

6,947

10,879

18,305

16,936

9,531

   75+ years

7,920

9,117

14,237

15,171

9,050

By cause of injury

   Road traffic collisions

7,244

9,686

15,485

22,950

12,817

   Fall more than 2 metres

5,980

9,639

13,769

19,852

10,351

   Fall less than 2 metres

6,015

7,585

12,534

13,161

6,637

   Blow(s)

5,055

6,742

10,756

14,548

7,791

   Other

5,799

9,967

14,513

21,232

8,378

By Glasgow Coma Score group

   3 to 5

14,695

17,592

17,929

21,832

19,891

   6 to 8

14,376

17,461

18,953

24,686

20,865

   9 to 12

9,064

10,809

14,623

22,157

15,800

   13 to 15

6,072

7,972

12,291

18,823

7,837

By serious injuries by body region^a

   Head

8,426

10,243

13,762

20,532

15,555

   Face

7,403

7,589

11,881

21,363

16,105

   Thorax

5,291

7,763

14,434

23,835

16,932

   Abdomen

7,062

10,341

15,760

24,075

19,983

   Spine

7,129

8,504

16,213

27,061

15,444

   Upper limb

6,108

8,192

16,302

25,534

9,885

   Lower limb

6,973

9,740

16,637

25,557

10,084

   External/burn

8,677

12,796

17,456

16,713

13,190

By number of serious injuries^a

   0

5,301

10,466

5,376

   1

6,178

7,668

11,632

13,358

6,991

   2

8,368

10,019

12,169

16,419

10,832

   3

11,210

13,047

15,490

18,721

15,588

   4

15,869

15,470

18,729

23,095

20,515

   5 or more

18,644

18,565

19,942

24,057

23,027

By discharge status

   Alive

6,129

8,872

14,423

24,268

9,457

   Dead

11,675

13,608

11,770

9,978

10,966