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Table 5 Injury types sustained by 1565 patients for whom no codes could be mapped to AIS08.

From: Assessment of the effects and limitations of the 1998 to 2008 Abbreviated Injury Scale map using a large population-based dataset

Injury type

Number of injuries

Incidence

Concussive closed head injury

131

7.7%

Other injury to head or face

48

2.8%

Combined thoracic injury code

498

29.3%

Other injury to chest or abdomen

65

3.8%

Upper limb injury

142

8.4%

Pelvic or pelvic joint injury

507

29.8%

Lower limb injury

73

4.3%

Burn injury

235

13.8%

Total

1699

100.0%