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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 29.
Published in final edited form as: W V Med J. 2016 May-Jun;112(3):94–99.

Table 3.

Injury Locations and Hospital Discharge Dispositions by Five Year Age Range

Percentage Age Group
65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95-99 100+
Injured at Home 41.8 46.4 53.3 58.1 63.1 64.8 61.7 60.0
Injured at Residential Facility 1.5 3.1 5.0 7.4 11.0 16.8 26.7 26.7
Injured on Street 24.9 21.6 15.8 13.5 10.0 3.5 1.7 0.0
Injured at Recreation Venue 5.9 4.1 2.0 1.9 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Injured at Public Building 3.0 2.1 2.6 3.1 2.4 2.9 3.3 0.0
Injured at Other Locations^ 22.9 22.7 21.3 16.0 9.5 12.0 6.6 13.3
Discharge Home* 66.7 57.7 48.0 44.0 32.8 27.6 21.7 40.0
Discharge to
Rehabilitation
14.3 15.3 14.8 17.0 17.1 15.2 15.0 0.0
Discharge to
Residential Facility
1.7 2.6 4.5 5.9 9.3 13.0 25.0 26.0
Discharge to Skilled
Nursing Facility
12.4 17.4 23.7 24.5 29.0 33.3 26.6 20.0
Dead 2.7 5.0 7.0 7.3 10.5 9.5 10.0 13.0
Discharged other** 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.6 0.0
^

Includes “farm”, “mine”, “industry”, and “other/unspecifed”.

*

Includes dispositions of “home, no assistance”, “home, with home health”, “home, outpatient rehabilitation”

**

Includes “acute care hospital”, “burn center”, “intermediate care facility”, “long term acute care”, “other”, “psychiatric facility”, and “unable to complete treatment/Against Medical Advice”.