Table 3.
Deaths on the scene and total number of patients with unintentional and intentional injuries
| Number of deaths | COVID-19 N° 744 |
no COVID-19 N° 1150 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total deaths on scene [n (%)] | 130 (17.5) | 78 (6.8) | < 0.001a |
| Unintentional road-related [n (%)] | 21 (2.8) | 20 (1.7) | 0.138 |
| Unintentional falls [n (%)] | 12 (1.6) | 6 (0.5) | 0.899 |
| Others unintentional [n (%)] | 5 (0.7) | 5 (0.4) | 0.616 |
| Intentional falls [n (%)] | 14 (1.9) | 6 (0.5) | 0.627 |
| Self inflicted stabs [n (%)] | 10 (1.3) | 5 (0.4) | 0.945 |
| Others self-inflicted [n (%)] | 34 (4.6) | 16 (1.4) | 0.451 |
| Stab from interpersonal violence [n (%)] | 2 (0.2) | - | |
| Others from interpersonal violence [n (%)] | 2 (0.2) | - | |
| Human intent unknown [n (%)] | 30 (4.0) | 20 (1.7) | 0.802 |
| Deaths on scene plus in hospital deaths for unintentional injuries [n (%)] | 305 (41.0) | 310 (26.9) | < 0.001a |
| Death on scene plus pts admitted to hospitals for intentional injuries [n (%)] | 122 (16.4) | 54 (4.7) | < 0.001a |
aStatistical significance