Table 3.
Hospitalizations due to road traffic injuries (ISS 16+): Hospitalization characteristics and in-hospital mortality by ethnic group
| Variable ab | Total (N = 11,523, 100%) | Arabs (n = 3372, 29.3%) | Jews (n = 8151, 70.7%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | ||
| Means of evacuation | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Ambulance EMS | 76.1 | 68.0 | 79.5 | |
| Helicopter EMS | 7.1 | 11.2 | 5.5 | |
| Private car/others | 16.7 | 21.8 | 14.2 | |
| Transferred from another hospital (yes) | 16.4 | 21.8 | 14.2 | P < 0.0001 |
| Patient arrival time at hospital | P < 0.0001 | |||
| Weekday | 27.8 | 22.4 | 30.0 | |
| Weeknight | 33.0 | 34.8 | 32.3 | |
| Weekend | 39.2 | 42.8 | 37.7 | |
| Treated in trauma resuscitation unit (yes) | 72.7 | 79.9 | 69.8 | P < 0.0001 |
| ICU admission (yes) | 54.2 | 61.0 | 51.4 | p < 0.0001 |
| Undergoing surgery (yes) | 46.8 | 51.7 | 44.8 | p < 0.0001 |
| Hospital LOS for 7 days or more (yes) | 58.5 | 58.7 | 58.5 | P = 0.8306 |
| Hospital LOS for 14 days or more (yes) | 33.4 | 33.5 | 33.3 | P = 0.7708 |
| CT MRI US X-ray performed in ED (yes) | 94.3 | 94.6 | 94.1 | P = 0.3328 |
| Hospital type Level I trauma center | 75.0 | 76.0 | 74.5 | P = 0.0818 |
| Level II trauma center | 25.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | |
| In-hospital mortality (yes) | 8.7 | 8.2 | 8.9 | P = 0.2427 |
aAbbreviations: EMS emergency medical service, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay, CT MRI US X-ray-computed tomography scan or magnetic resonance imaging or ultrasound or X-ray examination combined together, ED-emergency department
bThere were no missing data for the variables presented except for transfer from another hospital, hospital arrival time and LOS for 7 days or more, which had missing values for 25 (0.217%), 3 (0.026%) and 2 (0.017%) observations, respectively