Table 3.
U.S. trauma burden, 2000–2019.
| Injuries | Prevalence |
YLD |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2019 | Change | 2000 | 2019 | Change | |
| Fractures | 24.50% | 25.75% | 5.31% | 1,028,957 | 1,554,927 | 51.1% |
| Open wound | 8.56% | 8.97% | 4.79% | 66,691 | 100,799 | 51.1% |
| Muscle/tendon injuries | 3.52% | 3.64% | 3.41% | 19,369 | 28,870 | 49.1% |
| Contusion | 3.35% | 3.52% | 5.07% | 18,177 | 27,500 | 51.3% |
| Head injuries | 1.97% | 1.88% | −4.57% | 208,147 | 283,146 | 36.0% |
| Spinal injuries | 1.70% | 1.81% | 6.47% | 339,174 | 515,833 | 52.1% |
| Hip dislocation | 0.95% | 1.03% | 8.99% | 10,632 | 16,611 | 56.2% |
| Multiple injuries | 0.60% | 0.62% | 4.37% | 33,986 | 49,460 | 45.5% |
| Crush injury | 0.31% | 0.33% | 3.50% | 28,582 | 42,360 | 48.2% |
| Internal hemorrhage in abdomen and pelvis | 0.31% | 0.33% | 5.18% | 29,940 | 43,675 | 45.9% |
| Severe chest injury | 0.16% | 0.16% | −0.64% | 21,745 | 29,089 | 33.8% |
| Knee dislocation | 0.09% | 0.10% | 7.45% | 7604 | 11,627 | 52.9% |
| Shoulder dislocation | 0.06% | 0.05% | −5.45% | 2647 | 3630 | 37.1% |
Percentages for YLD in 2000 and 2019 are calculated using denominators of 39,255,640 and 53,316,826, respectively. Prevalence percentages for 2000 and 2019 are based on denominators of 262,090,459 and 311,050,916, respectively, reflecting the total prevalent cases for those years. Proportions displayed were rounded, and percent change was calculated using unrounded values.
Abbreviation: YLD, years of life lost to disability.