Table 1. Characteristics of major trauma survivors to hospital discharge in Hong Kong and Victoria.
| Descriptor | Victoria (n = 1955) | Hong Kong (n = 261) | p-value | |
| Age | Mean (SD) | 52.0 (22.0) | 53.8 (20.3) | 0.219 |
| Sex | n (%) | |||
| Male | 1378 (70.5) | 187 (71.7) | 0.699 | |
| Female | 577 (29.5) | 74 (28.3) | ||
| Comorbid status | n (%) | |||
| Healthy | 1158 (59.2) | 132 (52.0) | 0.026 | |
| Pre-existing condition | 797 (40.8) | 122 (48.0) | ||
| Trauma type | n (%) | |||
| Blunt | 1850 (94.6) | 250 (95.8) | 0.111 | |
| Penetrating | 75 (3.7) | 4 (1.5) | ||
| Burn | 33 (1.7) | 7 (2.7) | ||
| Mechanism | n (%) | |||
| Fall | 719 (36.8) | 144 (55.2) | <0.001 | |
| Motor vehicle | 428 (21.9) | 23 (8.8) | ||
| Pedestrian | 132 (6.8) | 36 (13.8) | ||
| Motorcycle | 225 (11.5) | 23 (8.8) | ||
| Pedal cyclist | 106 (5.4) | 8 (3.1) | ||
| Other* | 345 (17.6) | 38 (14.6) | ||
| ISS | Median (IQR) | 18 (16–25) | 24 (17–26) | <0.0001 |
| GCS | n (%) | |||
| 13–15 | 1532 (81.8) | 192 (73.6) | 0.004 | |
| 9–12 | 161 (8.6) | 29 (11.1) | ||
| 3–8 | 179 (9.6) | 40 (15.3) | ||
| ICU stay | n (%) | |||
| Yes | 764 (39.2) | 125 (47.9) | 0.007 | |
| No | 1186 (60.8) | 136 (52.1) | ||
| Hospital length of stay | Median (IQR) days | 7.8 (3.9–15.0) | 12.2 (5.6–25.9) | <0.0001 |
| In-hospital mortality | n (%) | |||
| No | 1752 (89.6) | 223 (86.1) | 0.087 | |
| Yes | 203 (10.4) | 36 (13.9) |
* Other causes of injury include: fire, flames, smoke and scalds, horse and other animal related injuries, machinery, other transport related circumstance, struck by or collision with object, struck by or collision with person, submersion or drowning and unspecified external cause.
ISS: Injury severity score.
GCS: Glasgow Coma Score.
ICU: intensive care unit.