Table 2.
Distribution of time from injury until death for 266 patients according to mechanism of injury
| Mechanism of injury | Number | Time from injury until death | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <1 h | 1–4 h | >4 h | Unknown | ||
| Suicide | 87 (33%) | 59 (68%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (1%) | 27 (31%) |
| RTA | 56 (21%) | 31 (55%) | 5 (9%) | 11 (20%) | 9 (16%) |
| Drowning | 32 (12%) | 10 (31%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) | 21 (66%) |
| ATV/snowmobile | 20 (8%) | 9 (45%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (15%) | 8 (40%) |
| Fire | 19 (7%) | 13 (68%) | 1 (5%) | 3 (16%) | 2 (11%) |
| Fall | 16 (6%) | 2 (13%) | 1 (6%) | 8 (50%) | 5 (31%) |
| Homicide | 14 (5%) | 6 (43%) | 1 (7%) | 3 (21%) | 4 (29%) |
| Machinery | 7 (3%) | 5 (71%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (14%) | 1 (14%) |
| Hypothermia | 6 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (17%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (83%) |
| Other | 9 (3%) | 4 (44%) | 1 (11%) | 1 (11%) | 3 (33%) |
| Total | 266 (100%) | 139 (52%) | 11 (4%) | 31 (12%) | 85 (32%) |