Table 4 Injury characteristics of each road‐user group.
Variable | Car occupants | Motorcyclists | Pedestrians | p value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Injury Severity Score† | 14.3 (0.7); 12 | 12.7 (0.4); 9 | 13.3 (1); (10) | 0.04* |
Revised Trauma Score† | 7.6 (0.2); 7.84 | 7.6 (0.2); 7.84 | 7.6 (0.2); 7.84 | 0.8 |
Probability of survival† | 0.97 (0.03); 0.99 | 0.96 (0.02); 0.99 | 0.97 (0.02); 0.99 | 0.9 |
Craniocerebral injury (%) | 34.9 | 55.9 | 57.1 | 0.0001* |
Thoracic injury (%) | 29.7 | 30.6 | 31.2 | 0.9 |
Abdominal injury (%) | 20.1 | 12.6 | 7.8 | 0.009* |
Spinal cord injury (%) | 14.8 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 0.007* |
Pelvic injury (%) | 12.9 | 6.1 | 18.2 | 0.0001* |
Extremity injury (%) | 37.3 | 36 | 35.1 | 0.9 |
ICU admission (%) | 27.8 | 22.5 | 27.3 | 0.2 |
ICU length of stay (days)† | 8.1 (1.4); 4.5 | 8.1 (0.7); 6 | 6.3 (1.2); 3 | 0.6 |
Hospital length of stay (days)† | 12.9 (1.0); 8 | 11.5 (0.6); 7 | 9.9 (1.0); 7 | 0.2 |
Mortality† | 5.3 | 3.4 | 11.7 | 0.007* |
*Statistically significant.
†Values are mean (SE); median.
ICU, intensive care unit.