Table 1.
Characteristics by the nine age groups and three levels of injury severity groups
| Variables | Overall n=117 199 |
Age 0–4 n=1095 |
Age 5–14 n=4079 |
Age 15–24 n=10 743 |
Age 25–34 n=7919 |
Age 35–44 n=9952 |
Age 45–54 n=12 188 |
Age 55–64 n=13 931 |
Age 65–74 n=20 044 |
Age≥75 n=36 248 |
| Age, years | 64 (41–78) | 2 (1–3) | 10 (7–12) | 20 (17–22) | 29 (27–32) | 40 (38–42) | 49 (47–52) | 60 (57–62) | 69 (67–72) | 83 (79–87) |
| Male | 73 680 (63) | 675 (62) | 2985 (73) | 8095 (75) | 6008 (75) | 7710 (77) | 9211 (76) | 10 017 (72) | 12 662 (63) | 16 317 (44) |
| Mechanism of injury | ||||||||||
| Blunt | 113 435 (97) | 1073 (98) | 4020 (99) | 10 477 (98) | 7508 (95) | 9361 (94) | 11 475 (94) | 13 383 (96) | 19 433 (97) | 36 705 (99) |
| Injury region | ||||||||||
| Head injury with AIS ≥3 | 36 244 (31) | 439 (40) | 1213 (30) | 2798 (26) | 1933 (24) | 2527 (25) | 3363 (28) | 4451 (32) | 7384 (37) | 12 136 (33) |
| Facial injury with AIS ≥3 | 940 (0.8) | 4 (0.4) | 33 (0.8) | 150 (1.4) | 109 (1.4) | 128 (1.3) | 124 (1.0) | 123 (0.9) | 133 (0.7) | 136 (0.4) |
| Neck injury with AIS ≥3 | 478 (0.4) | 6 (0.6) | 2 (0.1) | 27 (0.3) | 39 (0.5) | 55 (0.6) | 70 (0.6) | 77 (0.6) | 110 (0.6) | 92 (0.3) |
| Chest injury with AIS ≥3 | 25 723 (22) | 148 (14) | 622 (15) | 2831 (26) | 2110 (27) | 2759 (28) | 3485 (29) | 3726 (27) | 4594 (23) | 5448 (15) |
| Abdominal and pelvic injury with AIS ≥3 | 5407 (5) | 27 (2) | 185 (5) | 805 (7) | 591 (7) | 682 (7) | 709 (6) | 684 (5) | 831 (4) | 893 (2) |
| Spinal injury with AIS ≥3 | 13 146 (10) | 12 (1) | 128 (3) | 861 (8) | 788 (10) | 1120 (11) | 1530 (13) | 2106 (15) | 3053 (15) | 3548 (10) |
| Upper extremity injury with AIS ≥3 | 6562 (6) | 57 (5) | 590 (14) | 581 (5) | 522 (7) | 711 (7) | 849 (7) | 798 (6) | 1026 (5) | 1428 (4) |
| Lower extremity injury with AIS ≥3 | 31 526 (27) | 124 (11) | 634 (16) | 2143 (20) | 1660 (21) | 2055 (21) | 2404 (20) | 2691 (19) | 4358 (22) | 15 457 (42) |
| Injury Severity Score | 10 (9–19) | 9 (4–16) | 9 (5–16) | 10 (5–19) | 10 (6–20) | 13 (9–20) | 13 (9–21) | 14 (9–21) | 14 (9–21) | 9 (9–17) |
| Actual in-hospital mortality | 7201 (6.1) | 23 (2.1) | 48 (1.2) | 354 (3.3) | 310 (3.9) | 372 (3.7) | 533 (4.4) | 762 (5.5) | 1438 (7.2) | 3361 (9.0) |
| Injury Severity Score ≥16 | 48 028 (41) | 376 (34) | 1166 (29) | 3878 (36) | 3043 (38) | 4076 (41) | 5297 (43) | 6541 (47) | 9711 (48) | 13 940 (37) |
| Injury Severity Score ≥18 | 32 225 (28) | 187 (17) | 747 (18) | 2954 (28) | 2305 (29) | 2985 (30) | 3793 (31) | 4372 (31) | 6256 (31) | 8626 (23) |
| Injury Severity Score ≥26 | 15 343 (13) | 62 (6) | 367 (9) | 1595 (15) | 1129 (14) | 1481 (15) | 1823 (15) | 2038 (15) | 2910 (15) | 3938 (11) |
Data are presented as number (percentage) or median (IQR Q1–Q3).
AIS, Abbreviated Injury Scale.