Table 2.

Proportion of Severe Injuries by Type and Anatomic Location. US Hospital Trauma discharges, 2000–2011

	EXTREMITIES	HEAD&NECK	SPINE&BACK	TORSO	UNCLASSIFIABLE	TOTAL
AMPUTATIONS	0.77	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.77
BLOOD VESSELS	2.16	5.99	0.00	6.55	6.43	21.14
BURNS	1.99	1.89	0.00	1.17	3.91	8.96
CRUSHING	0.75	5.76	0.00	5.63	6.56	18.69
DISLOCATION	0.53	0.48	0.37	1.58	0.00	2.96
FRACTURES	0.55	2.66	1.01	2.50	2.02	8.75
INTERNAL ORGAN	0.00	4.28	1.44	5.27	6.56	17.55
NERVES	0.46	2.29	0.00	0.62	0.49	3.85
OPEN WOUNDS	0.45	1.89	0.00	1.26	1.14	4.74
SPRAINS & STRAINS	0.03	0.46	0.17	0.04	0.03	0.74
SUPERFIC / CONT	0.10	0.51	0.00	0.32	0.36	1.30
SYSTEM WIDE	0.00	6.56	0.00	0.00	1.72	8.27
UNSPECIFIED	0.10	0.80	0.00	0.38	0.99	2.27
TOTAL	7.90	33.57	2.99	25.33	30.21	100.00