Table 7. New disability weights for the primary diagnosis codes of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases (ICD), as derived from the responses of patients, from six injury cohorts, who were admitted to hospital.

Body region, codea	Diagnosis	n	Mean new weights (95%CI)
			Annualized	At 12 months post-injury
Head
S02.1	Fracture of base of skull	92	0.149 (0.100 to 0.197)	0.139 (0.085 to 0.194)
S02.4	Fracture of malar and maxillary bones	49	0.195 (0.119 to 0.270)	0.182 (0.095 to 0.270)
S06.0	Concussion	108	0.147 (0.100 to 0.193)	0.121 (0.072 to 0.169)
S06.1	Traumatic cerebral oedema	79	0.276 (0.197 to 0.354)	0.257 (0.177 to 0.338)
S06.2	Diffuse brain injury	466	0.205 (0.177 to 0.234)	0.197 (0.166 to 0.227)
S06.3	Focal brain injury	483	0.169 (0.143 to 0.194)	0.158 (0.131 to 0.186)
S06.4	Epidural haemorrhage	281	0.185 (0.153 to 0.217)	0.161 (0.127 to 0.196)
S06.5	Traumatic subdural haemmorhage	783	0.210 (0.187 to 0.234)	0.203 (0.178 to 0.227)
S06.6	Traumatic subarachnoid haemmorhage	597	0.214 (0.188 to 0.241)	0.206 (0.177 to 0.234)
S06.8	Other intracranial injuries	249	0.174 (0.139 to 0.209)	0.160 (0.122 to 0.197)
S09.9	Unspecified injury of head	59	0.239 (0.165 to 0.313)	0.212 (0.128 to 0.297)
Neck
S12.0	Fracture of first cervical vertebra	49	0.129 (0.054 to 0.205)	0.104 (0.025 to 0.183)
S12.1	Fracture of second cervical vertebra	179	0.183 (0.137 to 0.230)	0.186 (0.132 to 0.241)
S12.2	Fracture of other cervical vertebra	319	0.146 (0.117 to 0.175)	0.133 (0.101 to 0.166)
S14.0	Concussion and oedema of cervical spinal cord	36	0.235 (0.128 to 0.342)	0.241 (0.112 to 0.370)
S14.1	Other and unspecified injuries of cervical spinal cord	199	0.347 (0.297 to 0.396)	0.324 (0.270 to 0.378)
Thorax
S22.0	Fracture thoracic vertebra	351	0.207 (0.176 to 0.238)	0.194 (0.161 to 0.228)
S22.4	Multiple fractures of ribs	866	0.187 (0.167 to 0.207)	0.183 (0.160 to 0.205)
S22.5	Flail chest	61	0.211 (0.132 to 0.290)	0.180 (0.098 to 0.262)
S24.1	Other and unspecified injuries of thoracic spinal cord	106	0.435 (0.367 to 0.502)	0.403 (0.331 to 0.475)
S26.8	Other injuries of heart	96	0.142 (0.099 to 0.184)	0.127 (0.075 to 0.179)
S27.0	Traumatic pneumothorax	416	0.164 (0.137 to 0.192)	0.154 (0.124 to 0.183)
S27.1	Traumatic haemothorax	63	0.143 (0.083 to 0.202)	0.108 (0.044 to 0.172)
S27.2	Traumatic haemopneumothorax	167	0.155 (0.113 to 0.196)	0.130 (0.087 to 0.172)
S27.3	Other injuries of lung	488	0.205 (0.179 to 0.231)	0.182 (0.155 to 0.209)
S27.8	Injury of other unspecified intrathoracic organs	91	0.247 (0.176 to 0.318)	0.220 (0.149 to 0.290)
Abdomen/lower back/lumbar spine/pelvis
S32.0	Fracture of lumbar vertebra	383	0.207 (0.178 to 0.237)	0.187 (0.156 to 0.219)
S32.1	Fracture of sacrum	175	0.191 (0.150 to 0.232)	0.171 (0.128 to 0.214)
S32.3	Fracture of ilium	60	0.249 (0.170 to 0.327)	0.234 (0.140 to 0.327)
S32.4	Fracture of acetabulum	213	0.242 (0.200 to 0.284)	0.233 (0.186 to 0.279)
S32.5	Fracture of pubis	525	0.179 (0.154 to 0.205)	0.171 (0.143 to 0.199)
S32.8	Fracture of other or unspecified lumbar spine or pelvis	78	0.266 (0.187 to 0.345)	0.241 (0.162 to 0.320)
S34.1	Other injury of lumbar spinal cord	51	0.316 (0.221 to 0.411)	0.328 (0.216 to 0.440)
S36.0	Injury of spleen	173	0.175 (0.136 to 0.215)	0.154 (0.111 to 0.197)
S36.1	Injury of liver or gall bladder	107	0.159 (0.110 to 0.208)	0.142 (0.088 to 0.197)
S36.4	Injury of small intestine	56	0.239 (0.141 to 0.338)	0.217 (0.112 to 0.323)
S36.5	Injury of colon	46	0.210 (0.125 to 0.295)	0.177 (0.085 to 0.268)
S36.8	Injury of other intra-abdominal organ	112	0.182 (0.132 to 0.232)	0.181 (0.121 to 0.242)
S37.0	Injury of kidney	44	0.205 (0.123 to 0.287)	0.200 (0.105 to 0.295)
Shoulder and upper arm
S42.0	Fracture of clavicle	307	0.103 (0.073 to 0.132)	0.092 (0.063 to 0.122)
S42.1	Fracture of scapula	102	0.150 (0.100 to 0.199)	0.127 (0.073 to 0.181)
S42.2	Fracture of upper end of humerus	511	0.178 (0.153 to 0.203)	0.175 (0.147 to 0.203)
S42.3	Fracture of shaft of humerus	146	0.160 (0.113 to 0.207)	0.141 (0.090 to 0.192)
S42.4	Fracture of lower end of humerus	141	0.158 (0.113 to 0.203)	0.151 (0.100 to 0.203)
S43.0	Dislocation of shoulder	50	0.158 (0.079 to 0.238)	0.137 (0.055 to 0.218)
S43.1	Dislocation of acromioclavicular joint	37	0.154 (0.066 to 0.243)	0.140 (0.053 to 0.227)
Elbow and forearm
S52.0	Fracture upper end of ulna	252	0.103 (0.073 to 0.132)	0.082 (0.050 to 0.114)
S52.1	Fracture upper end of radius	161	0.128 (0.091 to 0.165)	0.107 (0.067 to 0.147)
S52.2	Fracture shaft of ulna	60	0.100 (0.048 to 0.152)	0.084 (0.027 to 0.142)
S52.3	Fracture shaft of radius	63	0.073 (0.023 to 0.123)	0.027 (−0.023 to 0.077)
S52.4	Fracture of shafts of both radius and ulna	92	0.132 (0.075 to 0.190)	0.131 (0.065 to 0.197)
S52.5	Fracture lower end of radius	1339	0.061 (0.048 to 0.074)	0.053 (0.038 to 0.067)
S52.6	Fracture lower ends of both radius and ulna	208	0.110 (0.077 to 0.144)	0.107 (0.068 to 0.145)
S52.8	Fracture other parts of forearm	93	0.087 (0.039 to 0.135)	0.083 (0.028 to 0.139)
Wrist and hand
S62.0	Fracture of scaphoid bone	38	0.152 (0.065 to 0.239)	0.156 (0.061 to 0.250)
Hip and thigh
S72.0	Fracture neck of femur	1315	0.267 (0.249 to 0.285)	0.260 (0.241 to 0.280)
S72.1	Pertrochanteric fracture	829	0.307 (0.284 to 0.330)	0.301 (0.277 to 0.326)
S72.2	Subtrochanteric fracture	187	0.279 (0.232 to 0.326)	0.267 (0.217 to 0.318)
S72.3	Fracture shaft of femur	533	0.266 (0.243 to 0.290)	0.240 (0.214 to 0.266)
S72.4	Fracture lower end of femur	370	0.292 (0.261 to 0.322)	0.293 (0.258 to 0.328)
S72.9	Fracture of femur, part unspecified	51	0.232 (0.151 to 0.313)	0.202 (0.114 to 0.290)
S76.1	Injury of quadriceps muscle and tendon	50	0.065 (0.008 to 0.121)	0.024 (−0.033 to 0.081)
Knee and lower leg
S82.0	Fracture of patella	237	0.160 (0.127 to 0.192)	0.136 (0.099 to 0.172)
S82.1	Fracture of upper end of tibia	379	0.185 (0.158 to 0.211)	0.178 (0.148 to 0.209)
S82.2	Fracture of shaft of tibia	535	0.224 (0.201 to 0.247)	0.204 (0.178 to 0.230)
S82.3	Fracture of lower end of tibia	252	0.216 (0.182 to 0.251)	0.193 (0.155 to 0.232)
S82.4	Fracture of fibula alone	106	0.187 (0.137 to 0.237)	0.192 (0.132 to 0.251)
S82.5	Fracture of medial malleolus	208	0.197 (0.161 to 0.232)	0.165 (0.128 to 0.201)
S82.6	Fracture of lateral malleolus	654	0.108 (0.089 to 0.127)	0.095 (0.074 to 0.116)
S82.8	Fracture of other parts of lower leg	721	0.118 (0.101 to 0.136)	0.098 (0.079 to 0.118)
S83.5	Sprain/strain of posterior/anterior cruciate ligament	47	0.122 (0.069 to 0.176)	0.094 (0.032 to 0.157)
S86.0	Injury of Achilles tendon	177	0.054 (0.027 to 0.081)	0.030 (0.002 to 0.058)
Ankle and foot
S92.0	Fracture of calcaneus	147	0.223 (0.182 to 0.265)	0.217 (0.171 to 0.263)
S92.1	Fracture of talus	41	0.193 (0.127 to 0.259)	0.167 (0.089 to 0.245)
S92.2	Fracture of other tarsal bone	38	0.166 (0.096 to 0.236)	0.154 (0.080 to 0.227)
S92.3	Fracture of metatarsal bone	132	0.177 (0.129 to 0.225)	0.173 (0.121 to 0.225)
S92.4	Fracture of great toe	57	0.091 (0.037 to 0.144)	0.094 (0.030 to 0.157)
S92.5	Fracture of other toe	38	0.163 (0.050 to 0.275)	0.140 (0.023 to 0.258)
S93.3	Dislocation of other and unspecified part of foot	32	0.277 (0.191 to 0.362)	0.252 (0.143 to 0.361)
Multiple body regions
T02.3	Fracture of multiple regions of one lower limb	34	0.150 (0.081 to 0.219)	0.095 (0.022 to 0.168)

CI: confidence interval.

^a As used in the 10th revision of the International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems.²⁰