TABLE 7.
Incidence and Outcome of Transported Blunt Injury
| Site Identity
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P | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Dallas | Iowa | Ottawa-OPALS | Pittsburgh | Portland | Seattle–King County | Toronto | Vancouver | ROC Total | ||
| All patients, N | 311 | 477 | 294 | 463 | 287 | 263 | 1049 | 1400 | 274 | 4818 | |
| Adjusted incidence rate | 57.4 | 24.5 | 28.1 | 11.3 | 31.2 | 14.8 | 62.3 | 25.8 | 8.8 | 23.5 | <0.001 |
| Adjusted mortality rate | 10.7 | 5.9 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.5 | <0.001 |
| Case fatality rate | 18.6% | 24.0% | 8.3% | 24.5% | 11.5% | 13.6% | 9.1% | 10.3% | 36.3% | 14.8% | <0.001 |
| Survival to discharge | 78.0% | 65.8% | 80.6% | 70.9% | 72.9% | 83.1% | 83.8% | 87.3% | 52.6% | 78.9% | <0.001 |
| Vital status missing | 3.4% | 10.2% | 11.1% | 4.6% | 15.7% | 3.3% | 7.2% | 2.4% | 11.1% | 6.3% | <0.001 |
| Motor vehicle crash, N | 236 | 229 | 80 | 163 | 131 | 94 | 367 | 261 | 155 | 1716 | |
| Adjusted incidence rate | 43.6 | 10.9 | 8.0 | 3.9 | 14.6 | 5.1 | 20.5 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 8.1 | <0.001 |
| Adjusted mortality rate | 8.1 | 3.3 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | <0.001 |
| Case fatality rate | 18.6% | 30.3% | 7.4% | 30.8% | 11.8% | 17.2% | 10.6% | 15.0% | 29.4% | 18.7% | <0.001 |
| Survival to discharge | 77.2% | 61.3% | 88.1% | 65.4% | 71.9% | 79.6% | 83.9% | 82.6% | 57.8% | 74.9% | <0.001 |
| Falls, N | 29 | 145 | 150 | 194 | 112 | 116 | 484 | 788 | 43 | 2061 | |
| Adjusted incidence rate | 5.3 | 8.5 | 13.7 | 4.9 | 11.6 | 6.7 | 30.5 | 14.9 | 1.5 | 10.3 | <0.001 |
| Adjusted mortality rate | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.2 | <0.001 |
| Case fatality rate | 31.0% | 15.5% | 7.2% | 16.7% | 7.9% | 12.0% | 7.7% | 10.5% | 45.0% | 11.4% | <0.001 |
| Survival to discharge | 66.1% | 75.2% | 76.9% | 79.6% | 77.6% | 87.1% | 83.9% | 87.3% | 47.7% | 82.6% | <0.001 |
Adjusted incidence rate and adjusted mortality rate reported per 100,000 population.