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. 2020 Sep 11;15(9):e0238182. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0238182

Table 1. Characteristics of the Victorian study populations.

Patients admitted1, n (%)
July 2012 to June 2014, Victoria
n % At least one comorbidity (%) Count of comorbidities, mean (95% CI)
Total patients 161334
Age group (years)
0–14 years 21240 13.2 1.4 0.01 (0.01 to 0.02)
15–24 years 23213 14.4 9.9 0.12 (0.11 to 0.12)
25–44 years 36262 22.5 13.0 0.16 (0.16 to 0.17)
45–64 years 30799 19.1 19.3 0.25 (0.25 to 0.26)
65–84 years 31390 19.5 35.9 0.54 (0.53 to 0.54)
85 and over 18430 11.4 40.0 0.62 (0.60 to 0.63)
Gender
Male2 89144 55.3 16.8 0.24 (0.23 to 0.24)
Female 72190 44.7 23.5 0.33 (0.33 to 0.34)
Injury severity3
Serious injury (ICISS4<0.941) 20884 12.9 40.6 0.64 (0.63 to 0.65)
Other injury (ICISS> = 0.941) 140450 87.1 16.7 0.22 (0.22 to 0.23)
Grouped body region
Head/face/neck 32052 19.9 19.2 0.26 (0.25 to 0.27)
Trunk 20730 12.8 25.0 0.36 (0.35 to 0.37)
Upper extremity 54549 33.8 9.8 0.12 (0.12 to 0.13)
Lower extremity 41528 25.7 22.8 0.34 (0.33 to 0.35)
Multiple body regions 53 0.0 18.9 0.25 (0.09 to 0.40)
Unspecified body region 585 0.4 22.6 0.31 (0.26 to 0.37)
Body region not relevant 11837 7.3 47.7 0.66 (0.65 to 0.68)
Grouped injury type (first occurring)
Superficial injury 8055 5.0 23.8 0.34 (0.32 to 0.35)
Open wound 22398 13.9 14.8 0.19 (0.18 to 0.20)
Fracture 66686 41.3 19.6 0.29 (0.28 to 0.29)
Dislocation, sprain & strain 10989 6.8 8.2 0.10 (0.10 to 0.11)
Injury to nerves & spinal cord 2038 1.3 10.4 0.13 (0.11 to 0.14)
Injury to blood vessels 1347 0.8 11.5 0.15 (0.12 to 0.17)
Injury to muscle & tendon 8451 5.2 9.1 0.11 (0.10 to 0.12)
Crushing injury 335 0.2 3.3 0.04 (0.01 to 0.06)
Traumatic amputation 1612 1.0 7.3 0.08 (0.07 to 0.10)
Eye injury- excluding foreign body 512 0.3 16.4 0.22 (0.17 to 0.27)
Intracranial injury 6416 4.0 29.4 0.43 (0.41 to 0.45)
Injury to internal organs 1762 1.1 23.5 0.32 (0.29 to 0.35)
Foreign body 2733 1.7 11.3 0.15 (0.13 to 0.16)
Burns 1879 1.2 15.1 0.21 (0.18 to 0.23)
Other and unspecified injury 14284 8.9 19.8 0.27 (0.26 to 0.28)
Systemic-poisoning/toxic effects 10536 6.5 49.5 0.68 (0.67 to 0.70)
Other effects of external cause/complication 1301 0.8 32.5 0.54 (0.48 to 0.59)
Geographic region
Metropolitan Area 118959 73.7 19.8 0.28 (0.27 to 0.28)
Rural Area 42375 26.3 19.8 0.28 (0.27 to 0.29)
Unknown
Outcomes
Patients requiring an ICU stay 5285 3.3 54.3 0.89 (0.86 to 0.92)
Mean ICU5-LOS6,7 85.37 (82.00 to 88.75)
Patients requiring MV use 2495 1.6 54.7 0.85 (0.81 to 0.89)
Mean MV8-LOS9 75.23 (70.27 to 80.19)
Patients with at least one complication10 26127 16.2 42.3 0.68 (0.67 to 0.70)
Complications (median, IQR)11 2 (1 to 4) 2(1 to 5) 0.70 (0.69 to 0.71)
Complications (mean, 95% CI)11 3.03 (2.99 to 3.06) 3.51 (3.45 to 3.57)