Table 2.

Mechanism of injury among trauma patients admitted to the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre between January 1986 and December 2003

	Group; %
Mechanism of injury	BDR n = 208	All patients n = 10 779	p value
MVC, patient location
Driver	53.4	35.3	< 0.001
Front-seat passenger	21.6	11.6	< 0.001
Rear-seat passenger	8.2	5.5	0.57
Pedestrian	3.8	13.2	< 0.001
Fall	2.0	9.4	< 0.001
Motorcycle	2.4	6.0	0.176

BDR = blunt diaphragmatic rupture; MVC = motor vehicle collision.