Table 2.

Mortality among trauma patients treated in the intensive care unit

	No organ failure (n = 81)	Single organ failure (n = 91)	Multiple organ failure (n = 150)
Overall mortality (%)	4 (5)	13 (14)	63 (42)
Place of death
ICU	0	5	40
Hospital ward	0	4	9
After hospital discharge	4	4	14

Significant differences between the multiple organ failure group and the two other groups, p < 0.001; no significant difference between the single and no organ failure groups, p = 0.059; Cox proportional hazards regression. ICU, intensive care unit.