Table 3.
Characteristics of hospitalized casualties aged 65+ by ethnicity and age group, 2008–2017
| Total | Ages 65–74 | Ages 75–84 | Ages 85+ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jew N = 88,836 |
Arab N = 7959 |
Jew n = 23,198 |
Arab n = 3725 |
Jew n = 36,374 |
Arab n = 2928 |
Jew n = 29,264 |
Arab n = 1306 |
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| Cause of injury | ||||||||
| Road accidents | 9.2*** | 10.8 | 17.5*** | 14.7 | 8.7*** | 9.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
| Falls | 86.8 | 82.0 | 74.1 | 74.1 | 88.2 | 86.6 | 95.0 | 94.3 |
| Othera | 4.0 | 7.2 | 8.4 | 11.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| ISS | ||||||||
| Mild | 36.5 | 36.8 | 47.7* | 47.0 | 35.1*** | 30.2 | 29.6*** | 22.5 |
| Moderate | 54.0 | 53.9 | 41.9 | 43.7 | 55.2 | 59.2 | 62.0 | 71.0 |
| Severe & Critical | 9.5 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 8.4 | 6.5 |
| Injured body region (AIS3+) | ||||||||
| Head | 10.5*** | 8.9 | 10.4*** | 8.4 | 11.2 | 10.3 | 9.8** | 7.3 |
| Face | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.03 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Thorax | 3.8*** | 4.6 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
| Abdomen | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.6* | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Spine | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 |
| Upper extremity | 2.5** | 2.0 | 4.1*** | 2.6 | 2.4* | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Lower extremity | 46.7* | 48.0 | 32.2*** | 36.3 | 47.9*** | 54.4 | 56.6*** | 67.2 |
| ICU (1+ days) | 5.3*** | 6.2 | 6.0 | 5.9 | 5.5** | 6.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Undergone surgery | 53.1*** | 55.0 | 50.3 | 49.7 | 53.0*** | 58.2 | 55.5 | 62.9 |
| LOS (7+ days) | 36.5*** | 29.4 | 29.9*** | 26.4 | 37.2*** | 32.5 | 40.8*** | 31.3 |
| Rehabilitation | 34.7*** | 18.0 | 24.7*** | 14.9 | 37.2*** | 20.6 | 39.4*** | 21.0 |
| Inpatient mortality | 3.2* | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.9* | 3.6 | 4.5* | 3.4 |
aOther include: burns, violence and unintentional injury
ISS Injury Severity Score, AIS Abbreviated injury score, ICU Intensive Care Unit, LOS Length of Stay in hospital
*p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001