Table 3.

Anatomic Distribution of Rib Fractures in Earthquake-related Thoracic Crush Traumas vs. Non-earthquake Traumas (ribs).

Rib number	Right thorax (Earthquake/Non-earthquake)				Left thorax (Earthquake/Non-earthquake)
	Ant	Lat	Post	Total	Post	Lat	Ant	Total
First	7/1	4/3	13/15	24/19	10/6	5/0	4/1	19/7
Second	25/7	10/6	14/9	49/22	15/10	16/4	19/7	50/21
Third	29/7	33/15	17/8	79/30	24/10	30/14	27/6	81/30
Fourth	38/6	37/16	11/7	86/29	29/15	36/16	34/6	99/37
Fifth	27/7	47/14	15/8	89/29	29/12	41/17	26/4	96/33
Sixth	23/4	36/13	16/13	75/30	31/12	32/15	23/3	86/30
Seventh	12/2	34/9	20/12	66/23	28/11	25/12	18/1	61/24
Eighth	3/1	27/6	28/11	58/18	23/10	17/6	6/2	46/18
Ninth	3/1	12/4	30/15	45/20	21/12	10/6	0/0	31/18
Tenth	0/0	2/1	27/12	29/13	18/12	3/0	0/0	21/12
Eleventh	0/0	0/0	22/9	22/9	12/5	0/0	0/0	12/5
Twelfth	0/0	0/0	8/1	8/1	6/2	0/0	0/0	6/2
Total	167/36	242/87	221/120		246/117	215/90	157/30

Ant: anterior; lat: lateral; post: posterior.