Table 1.
Case characteristics before (n = 2,803) and during COVID-19 (n = 1,430), all trauma activations.
| Before COVID |
During COVID |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) % (n) | Mean (SD) % (n) | ||
| aAge | 38.1 (18.7) | 37.4 (17.6) | 0.25 |
| aADI Before COVID: n = 2,676; During: n = 1,370 | 61.9 (20.2) | 62.6 (20.0) | 0.27 |
| % (n) | % (n) | P | |
| bGender | |||
| Male | 74.0% (2,074) | 75.1% (1,074) | 0.43 |
| Female | 26.0% (729) | 24.9% (356) | |
| bRace | |||
| Asian | 1.1% (30) | 0.7% (10) | 0.24 |
| Black | 57.5% (1,608) | 59.9% (857) | |
| White | 35.7% (998) | 33.2% (475) | |
| Other | 5.8% (162) | 6.2% (88) | |
| bEthnicity | |||
| Hispanic/Latino | 5.3% (147) | 6.0% (86) | 0.30 |
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | 94.8% (2,652) | 94.0% (2,652) | |
| bIntent | |||
| Assault | 27.5% (770) | 35.6% (471) | <0.0001 |
| Self-Inflicted | 2.0% (55) | 2.6% (35) | |
| Unintentional | 69.9% (1,959) | 61.1% (809) | |
| Other/Undetermined | 0.6% (18) | 0.7% (9) | |
| bInjury Type | |||
| Blunt | 67.1% (1,881) | 61.3% (876) | 0.0001 |
| Penetrating | 29.3% (820) | 35.7% (510) | |
| Thermal | 3.6% (102) | 3.1% (44) | |
| bSurvival Status | |||
| Lived | 93.5% (2,620) | 94.0% (1,342) | 0.52 |
| Died | 6.5% (183) | 6.0% (86) | |
| Median (IQR) | Median (IQR) | P | |
| cInjury Severity Score (ISS) | |||
| ISS | 5 (1–10) | 4 (1–10) | 0.003 |
| cGlasgow Coma Scale (GCS) | |||
| GCS-Total | 15 (15–15) | 15 (15–15) | 0.31 |
| GCS-M | 6 (6–6) | 6 (6–6) | 0.65 |
| GCS-V | 5 (5–5) | 5 (5–5) | 0.41 |
| GCS-E | 4 (4–4) | 4 (4–4) | 0.67 |
a
T Test.
b
Chi Square Test.
c
Mann Whitney U test.