Table 1.
Characteristics of RTIs in Suzhou in January–May 2020 and January–May 2019
| 2019 (n = 8869) |
2020 (n = 7288) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of RTIs, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Jan. | 1834(20.68) | 1462(20.06) | |
| Feb. | 996(11.23) | 475(6.52) | |
| Mar. | 1831(20.65) | 1452(19.92) | |
| Apr. | 2073(23.37) | 1777(24.38) | |
| May | 2135(24.07) | 2122(29.12) | |
| Electric bicycle related RTIs, n (%) | 2380(26.84) | 2641(36.24) | < 0.001 |
| Gender | 0.050 | ||
| Female, n (%) | 4088(46.09) | 3247(44.55) | |
| Male, n (%) | 4781(53.91) | 4041(55.45) | |
| Age, years (SD) | 47(27) | 48(27) | 0.045 |
| Vital signs | |||
| PR, bpm (SD) | 83(14) | 82(15) | 0.025 |
| RR, bpm (SD) | 18(3) | 18(2) | 0.385 |
| SBP, mmHg (SD) | 133(28) | 134(28) | 0.436 |
| DBP, mmHg (SD) | 82(17) | 81(17) | 0.248 |
| Injuries | |||
| Shock, n (%) | 245(2.76) | 214(2.94) | 0.508 |
| DOC, n (%) | 544(6.13) | 526(7.22) | 0.006 |
| Death, n (%) | 91(1.03) | 79(1.08) | 0.720 |
Abbreviations: RTIs road traffic injuries, PR pulse rate, RR respiratory rate, bpm beats per minute, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SD standard deviation, DOC disorder of consciousness