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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 3.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2010 Jul;252(1):149–157. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181df0401

TABLE 6.

Incidence and Outcome of EMS Transported Traumatic Injury

Site Identity Alabama N = 410 Dallas N = 690 Iowa N = 341 Ottawa-OPALS N = 538 Pittsburgh N = 393 Portland N = 299 Seattle–King County N = 1335 Toronto N = 1509 Vancouver N = 342 Overall N = 5857 P
Adjusted incidence rate, per 100,000 75.9 34.8 32.9 13.1 43.4 16.8 78.6 27.7 11.0 14.1 <0.001
Adjusted mortality rate, per 100,000 16.3 10.4 3.5 3.1 6.9 2.5 7.0 3.1 3.9 3.0 <0.001
Case fatality rate, % 21.5% 29.9% 10.6% 23.9% 15.9% 14.8% 8.9% 11.3% 35.8% 21.5% <0.001
Survival to discharge, % 75.4% 59.3% 79.9% 71.9% 69.6% 81.6% 84.3% 86.2% 51.9% 75.5% <0.001
Vital status missing, % 3.1% 10.9% 9.5% 4.2% 14.5% 3.6% 6.9% 2.5% 12.4% 3.0% <0.001