TABLE 8.
Incidence and Outcome of Transported Penetrating Injury
| Site Identity
|
P | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Dallas | Iowa | Ottawa-OPALS | Pittsburgh | Portland | Seattle–King County | Toronto | Vancouver | ROC Total | ||
| All patients, N | 89 | 156 | 26 | 67 | 82 | 26 | 202 | 75 | 58 | 781 | |
| Adjusted incidence rate | 16.8 | 7.4 | 2.6 | 1.6 | 9.5 | 1.4 | 11.2 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.7 | <0.001 |
| Adjusted mortality rate | 5.3 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.0 | <0.001 |
| Case fatality rate | 31.4% | 46.9% | 40.9% | 18.4% | 35.0% | 28.7% | 9.3% | 25.6% | 26.6% | 27.5% | <0.001 |
| Survival to discharge | 67.5% | 37.5% | 59.1% | 80.0% | 52.6% | 67.8% | 84.7% | 71.8% | 55.5% | 64.7% | <0.001 |
| Vital status missing | 1.1% | 15.1% | 0.0% | 1.5% | 12.9% | 4.7% | 7.1% | 3.0% | 20.5% | 8.4% | <0.001 |
| Stab wounds, N | 20 | 35 | 13 | 59 | 13 | 13 | 99 | 53 | 29 | 334 | |
| Adjusted incidence rate | 3.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 5.5 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.6 | <0.001 |
| Adjusted mortality rate | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | <0.001 |
| Case fatality rate | 15.1% | 14.4% | 17.2% | 15.8% | 6.8% | 9.3% | 1.8% | 17.4% | 25.8% | 12.0% | <0.001 |
| Survival to discharge | 83.4% | 68.9% | 65.4% | 82.3% | 77.0% | 90.7% | 98.2% | 82.0% | 66.5% | 83.2% | <0.001 |
| Gunshot wounds, N | 65 | 113 | 9 | 3 | 58 | 11 | 82 | 24 | 22 | 387 | |
| Adjusted incidence rate | 12.2 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 6.7 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.8 | <0.001 |
| Adjusted mortality rate | 4.5 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 | <0.001 |
| Case fatality rate | 36.8% | 59.8% | 100.0% | 93.7% | 47.5% | 44.4% | 16.2% | 30.7% | 30.3% | 43.3% | <0.001 |
| Survival to discharge | 61.3% | 30.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 32.8% | 55.6% | 63.2% | 69.3% | 38.5% | 47.6% | <0.001 |
Adjusted incidence rate and adjusted mortality rate reported per 100,000 population.