Table 1.

Severity of the most severe verified pressure ulcer per patient by anatomical location of these wounds

Anatomical location	Category of pressure ulcer
	I	II	III	IV	Deep tissue injury	Unstageable	Unknown	Total
Sacrum	70	93	26	12	4	8	2	215
Heel	44	60	22	7	7	18	3	161
Buttock	32	59	6	4	0	4	0	105
Other	23	50	12	3	4	15	1	108
Total	169	262	66	26	15	45	6	589

Anatomical location of four patients’ most severe pressure ulcer unreported.