Table 2.
Characteristics of the included trauma patients (n = 783)
| Demographics | Values |
|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR) | 41 (24 to 60) |
| Gender, n (%) | |
| Male | 572 (73.1%) |
| Female | 211 (26.9%) |
| Dominating type of injury, n (%) | |
| Blunt | 713 (91.1%) |
| Penetrating | 68 (8.7%) |
| Missing data | 2 (0.2%) |
| Mechanism of injury, n (%) | |
| Traffic: motor vehicle accident (excluding motorcycle) | 154 (19.7%) |
| Traffic: motorcycle accident | 114 (14.6%) |
| Traffic: bicycle accident | 48 (6.1%) |
| Traffic: pedestrian | 68 (8.7%) |
| Traffic: other | 31 (4.0%) |
| Shot | 36 (4.6%) |
| Stabbed | 31 (4.0%) |
| Struck or hit by blunt object | 33 (4.2%) |
| Low energy fall | 87 (11.1%) |
| High energy fall | 151 (19.3%) |
| Other | 22 (2.8%) |
| Unknown | 5 (0.6%) |
| Missing data | 3 (0.4%) |
| Injuries grouped by AIS body regions, n (%) | |
| Head | 1,148 (26.4%) |
| Face | 407 (9.4%) |
| Neck | 16 (0.4%) |
| Thorax | 713 (16.4%) |
| Abdomen | 252 (5.8%) |
| Spine | 426 (9.8%) |
| Upper extremity | 388 (8.9%) |
| Lower extremity | 532 (12.3%) |
| External and other | 85 (2.0%) |
| Missing data | 375 (8.6%) |
| Injuries grouped by AIS severity levels, n (%) | |
| AIS 1 to 3 | 3,554 (81.9%) |
| AIS 4 to 6 | 772 (17.8%) |
| AIS 9 (unknown) | 16 (0.3%) |
| NISS groups, n (%) | |
| 16 to 24 | 313 (40.0%) |
| 25 to 40 | 283 (36.1%) |
| 41 to 56 | 123 (15.7%) |
| 57 to 75 | 64 (8.2%) |
| Survival status, n (%) | |
| Died | 110 (14.0%) |
| Survived | 621 (79.3%) |
| Unknown | 43 (5.5%) |
| Missing data | 9 (1.1%) |
AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale; IQR, Interquartile range; NISS, New Injury Severity Score