Table 1. Characteristics of patients deceased during the 30 days after admission depending on the cause of death.

	CNS		HS	Hypoxia/ Anoxia	MOF	Septic shock	TCA		Unknown
	Direct	ST	Direct	Direct	Direct	Direct	Direct	ST	Direct	ST
n	172	5	34	4	39	2	10	1	8	3
Demography and outcome
Age (year)	40 [26–60]	82 [66–87]	46 [33–64]	64 [45–76]	46 [29–65]	72 [69, 74]	43 [32–52]	56	65 [51–70]	85 [85–88]
Male (%)	123 (72)	3 (60)	24 (71)	3 (75)	31 (80)	1 (50)	8 (80)	0	7 (88)	2 (67)
ICU LOS	3 [2–6]	4 [3–113]	1 [1–1]	8 [1–17]	2 [1–6]	5 [4–6]	1 [0–1]	0	8 [6–9]	11 [10–18]
Mechanism of injury (%)
MVA	49 (28)	1 (20)	9 (27)	2 (50)	12 (31)	0	4 (40)	1 (100)	1 (13)	1 (33)
Motorbike	45 (26)	0	9 (27)	2 (50)	15 (39)	1 (50)	4 (40)	0	1 (13)	0
Bicycle	12 (7)	1 (20)	2 (6)	0	0	0	1 (10)	0	0	0
Pedestrian	60 (35)	3 (60)	11 (32)	0	11 (28)	1 (50)	1 (10)	0	6 (74)	2 (67)
Other	6 (4)	0	3 (9)	0	1 (3)	0	0	0	0	0
Severity of head injury
Head AIS	5 [4–5]	5 [5–5]	0 [0–4]	5 [5–5]	3 [0–4]	3 [3–3]	3 [3–5]	0	1 [0–3]	0 [1–0]

Data are expressed as median [quartile 1, 3], or n (%).

AIS: abbreviated injury scale, CNS: central nervous system, HS: Hemorrhagic shock/ exsanguination, ICU: intensive care unit, LOS: length of stay, MOF: multiple organ failure, MVA: motor vehicle accident, Direct: direct transportation, ST: secondary transfer, TCA: traumatic cardiac arrest.

278 in-hospital deaths recorded at 30-day (6%) in the trauma centers.