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. 2004;48:265–284.

Table 7.

Cost of injuries to pedestrians ages 15 and over in motor vehicle crashes, by body region, MAIS, and cost category, in millions of 2000 dollars

Body region MAIS Cases Medical cost Lost productivity Monetized QALYs Comprehensive cost
Traumatic brain 1 1,527 4.4 23.2 3.2 30.9
2–5 3,792 375.9 318.2 837.2 1,531.2
Fatal 1,082 15.7 1,023.4 2,010.5 3,049.6
9 154 2.4 15.3 2.1 19.9

Other head/neck 1 2,936 6.9 26.5 3.7 37.1
2–5 1,932 8.0 17.5 30.9 56.5
Fatal 116 0.8 111.7 221.8 334.4
9 17 0.1 1.5 0.2 1.9

Spinal cord 1 5 0.2 1.8 0.2 2.2
2–5 150 31.7 58.2 117.8 207.7
Fatal 18 0.1 17.4 33.9 51.5
9 12 0.4 4.4 0.6 5.4

Vertebral column 1 5,285 8.7 18.9 2.6 30.2
2–5 6,650 18.8 49.4 27.0 95.2
Fatal 31 0.2 30.2 57.8 88.2

Torso 1 2,153 4.7 12.9 1.8 19.4
2–5 2,708 82.7 100.5 362.2 545.5
Fatal 574 5.5 492.6 995.9 1,494.1
9 143 1.3 3.4 0.5 5.1

Upper extremity 1 15,352 21.7 23.4 3.3 48.4
2–5 13,634 48.1 152.3 242.0 442.4
Fatal 7 0.1 4.0 9.9 14.0
9 23 0.2 1.4 0.2 1.7

Lower extremity 1 16,451 27.3 28.7 4.1 60.1
2–5 17,745 299.0 571.5 1,004.2 1,874.7
Fatal 83 1.6 57.6 125.4 184.6
9 1,799 3.6 9.3 1.4 14.2

Other/unspecified 1 22,719 30.3 27.5 4.0 61.8
2–5 26 0.3 1.5 1.0 2.8
Fatal 2,324 22.3 2,073.8 4,122.6 6,218.7
9 973 1.5 4.0 0.5 6.0

Systemic Fatal 29 0.3 28.2 55.0 83.5
9 75 2.8 1.6 2.5 6.9

TOTAL All 120,525 1,028 5,312 10,286 16,626

Per Case All 8,528 44,073 85,344 137,945

MAIS 9 = not codable from the diagnoses available.