Table 2.

Demographics by trauma aetiology

Aetiology	Year	Total	Gender	Average age (years)	Age 16–64	Age 65 +	GCS (initial)	Anticoag Antiplt	Alcohol	Average referral (day)
Fall	2019	314	M 56.1% F 43.9%	70.5	56.1% (n = 176)	43.9% (n = 138)	13.8	31.2% (n = 77)	18.2% (n = 45)	3.4
	2020	269	M 52.8% F 47.2%	72.1	24.9% (n = 59)	75.1% (n = 178)	13.8	33.5% (n = 90)	7.8% (n = 21)	2.9
% change		− 14.3%
High fall	2019	56	M 75.0% F 25.0%	53.2	70.0% (n = 35)	30.0% (n = 15)	12.1	14.3% (n = 8)	19.6% (n = 11)	0.6
	2020	48	M 62.5% F 37.5%	55.5	55.8% (n = 24)	44.2% (n = 19)	12.7	12.5% (n = 6)	22.9% (n = 11)	0.5
% change		− 14.3%
Alleged assault	2019	40	M 90.0% F 10.0%	40.7	94.4% (n = 34)	5.6% (n = 2)	14.2	0%	12.5% (n = 5)	0.4
	2020	40	M 90.0% F 10.0%	40.0	90.0% (n = 33)	10.0% (n = 4)	14.3	2.5% (n = 1)	12.5% (n = 5)	0.4
% change		0
Road traffic collision	2019	33	M 78.8% F 21.2%	42.3	80.0% (n = 20)	20.0% (n = 5)	11.6	3.1% (n = 1)	9.1% (n = 3)	0.4
	2020	34	M 67.6% F 32.4%	43.0	81.5% (n = 22)	18.5% (n = 5)	11.7	5.9% (n = 2)	5.9% (n = 2)	0.4
% change		+ 3.1%
Bicycle injury	2019	19	M 89.5% F 10.5%	42.3	82.4% (n = 14)	17.6% (n = 3)	14.0	0%	15.8% (n = 3)	0.2
	2020	17	M 76.5% F 23.5%	39.8	94.1% (n = 16)	5.9% (n = 1)	13.9	5.9% (n = 1)	17.6% (n = 3)	0.2
% change		− 10.5%
Sports-related head injury	2019	10	M 70.0% F 30.0%	23.0	100% (n = 10)	0%	14.9	0%	0%	0.1
	2020	3	M 66.7% F 33.3%	59.0	33.3% (n = 1)	66.7% (n = 2)	13.5	33.1% (n = 1)	0%	0.1
% change		− 70.0%
Other	2019	14	M 64.3% F 35.7%	47.8	61.5% (n = 8)	38.5% (n = 5)	14.9	14.3% (n = 2)	0%	0.2
	2020	11	M 100% F 0%	54.4	63.6% (n = 7)	36.4% (n = 4)	14.4	9.1% (n = 1)	9.1% (n = 1)	0.1
% change		− 21.4%
Unknown aetiology	2019	41	M 56.1% F 43.9%	64.2	37.0% (n = 10)	63.0% (n = 17)	13.9	22.0% (n = 9)	2.4% (n = 1)	0.4
	2020	15	M 73.3% F 26.7%	68.3	23.1% (n = 3)	76.9% (n = 10)	12.0	6.7% (n = 1)	13.3% (n = 2)	0.2
% change		− 63.4%