Table 1.

Characteristics and mortality of trauma patients admitted to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre between January 1986 and December 2003

	Group
Characteristic	BDR n = 208	All patients n = 10 779	p value
Male sex, %	64.4	72.2	—
Mean age, yr	42	39	—
Mean ISS	38.0	24.9	< 0.001
28-d mortality, %	28.8	13.4	< 0.001
Location of the diaphragmatic tear, no. (%)
Left	135 (65.0)	—	—
Right	47 (22.5)	—	—
Bilateral	4 (2.0)	—	—

BDR = blunt diaphragmatic rupture; ISS = Injury Severity Score.