Table 2.
Injury Data.
| <55 | 55–65 | >65 | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechanism of Injury | ||||
| Motor Vehicle Crash | 33.9% | 20.3% | 11.9% | <0.00001 |
| Motorcycle Crash | 7.0% | 9.8% | 1.0% | <0.00001 |
| ATV/other blunt | 23.5% | 20.2% | 7.1% | <0.00001 |
| Fall from Height | 4.4% | 7.7% | 3.0% | <0.00001 |
| Ground level fall | 11.3% | 33.9% | 74.8% | <0.00001 |
| Penetrating Trauma | 13.4% | 5.7% | 2.0% | <0.00001 |
| Assault | 6.5% | 2.4% | 0.2% | <0.00001 |
| Injury Patterns | ||||
| ISS (mean ± SD) | 11 ± 9 | 11 ± 8 | 10 ± 6 | <0.00001 |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | 19.0% | 20.5% | 23.5% | <0.005 |
| Spine Fracture | 20.1% | 21.6% | 15.7% | <0.00001 |
| Rib Fracture(s) | 17.1% | 23.0% | 11.6% | <0.00001 |
| Hemo/pneumothorax | 19.1% | 16.8% | 8.0% | <0.00001 |
| Abdominal Organ/Viscus | 12.7% | 8.2% | 4.0% | <0.00001 |
| Open Extremity Fracture | 12.5% | 10.4% | 5.1% | <0.00001 |
| Pelvic Fracture | 9.3% | 8.5% | 7.0% | <0.002 |
| Spinal Cord Injury | 2.8% | 3.9% | 2.0% | <0.0005 |
Italics: statistically similar between groups in post hoc testing.