TABLE 2.

Disability Weights and Duration of Disability by Injury Group (n = 3170)

		Disability Weights (SE)
Injury Group	n	6 mo	12 mo	24 mo	Final Short-Term Weight	Final Long-Term Weight	% (95% CI) With Disability at 24 mo
Isolated head injury	623	0.245 (0.017)	0.238 (0.016)	0.272 (0.016)	0.257	0.272	63.8 (59.3–68.3)
Head and other region injuries	915	0.269 (0.012)	0.247 (0.012)	0.252 (0.012)	0.255	0.252	66.9 (63.5–70.2)
Spinal cord injury	108	0.644 (0.042)	0.547 (0.040)	0.550 (0.038)	0.572	0.550	93.6 (88.7–98.6)
Spinal column and/or extremity injuries only	140	0.296 (0.031)	0.250 (0.032)	0.215 (0.034)	0.244	0.215	60.7 (50.3–71.2)
Chest/abdominal injuries only	91	0.142 (0.033)	0.101 (0.036)	0.107 (0.035)	0.114	0.107	45.3 (34.1–56.6)
Chest and spinal column/extremity injuries	630	0.225 (0.014)	0.190 (0.014)	0.174 (0.014)	0.191	0.174	61.4 (57.2–65.6)
Other/multitrauma not involving neurotrauma	663	0.257 (0.014)	0.231 (0.013)	0.214 (0.013)	0.229	0.214	64.8 (60.8–68.8)

SE indicates standard error.