Table 2. Distribution of injuries documented in the Trauma Registry of the German Trauma Society, compared with the populations of the federal states.
Federal State | Trauma Registry | Population | ||
Number of cases | Cases % | Inhabitants (thousands) | Inhabitants (% of total) | |
Baden-Württemberg | 3451 | 12.8% | 10750 | 13.1% |
Bavaria | 5013 | 18.7% | 12520 | 15.2% |
Berlin | 1303 | 4.8% | 3416 | 4.2% |
Brandenburg | 227 | 0.8% | 2536 | 3.1% |
Bremen | 308 | 1.1% | 663 | 0.8% |
Hamburg | 896 | 3.3% | 1771 | 2.2% |
Hesse | 2407 | 9.0% | 6073 | 7.4% |
Mecklenburg–West Pomerania | 103 | 0.4% | 1680 | 2.0% |
Lower Saxony | 3278 | 12.2% | 7972 | 9.7% |
North Rhine–Westphalia | 5060 | 18.8% | 17997 | 21.9% |
Rheinland-Palatinate | 1600 | 6.0% | 4046 | 4.9% |
Saarland | 490 | 1.8% | 1037 | 1.3% |
Saxony | 957 | 3.6% | 4220 | 5.1% |
Saxony-Anhalt | 779 | 2.9% | 2412 | 2.9% |
Schleswig-Holstein | 463 | 1.7% | 2837 | 3.5% |
Thuringia | 531 | 2.0% | 2289 | 2.8% |
Total | 26866 | 100.0% | 82219 | 100.0% |
Former East German states* | 2597 | 10.2% | 13137 | 16.7% |
Former West German states* | 22966 | 89.8% | 65666 | 83.3% |
*without Berlin