Table 1.
Place of death for 266 patients according to mechanism of injury
| Mechanism of injury | Number | Place of death | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At site of injury priora | At site of injury aftera | In transfer | Emergency room | During admission | Later | Missing | ||
| Suicide | 87 (33%) | 80 (92%) | 6 (7%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| RTA | 56 (21%) | 29 (52%) | 9 (16%) | 4 (7%) | 1 (2%) | 12 (21%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2%) |
| Drowning | 32 (12%) | 30 (94%) | 2 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| ATV/snowmobile | 20 (8%) | 16 (80%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | 1 (5%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) |
| Fire | 19 (7%) | 12 (63%) | 3 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (16%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Fall | 16 (6%) | 6 (38%) | 1 (6%) | 1 (6%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (31%) | 3 (19%) | 0 (0%) |
| Homicide | 14 (5%) | 6 (43%) | 3 (21%) | 2 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (21%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Machinery | 7 (3%) | 3 (43%) | 3 (43%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Hypothermia | 6 (2%) | 4 (67%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (33%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| Other | 9 (3%) | 5 (56%) | 1 (11%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (22%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (11%) |
| Total | 266 (100%) | 191 (72%) | 29 (11%) | 9 (3%) | 3 (1%) | 28 (11%) | 3 (1%) | 3 (1%) |
ATV all terrain vehicle, RTA road traffic accident
aSite of Injury has been divided into deaths prior to and after the arrival of health personnel