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Table 6 Change in ISS level (ISS <15 or ISS >15) when using AIS dictionary map.

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

 

All patients

Only patients with all codes

mappable to AIS08

Patients

Incidence

Patients

Incidence

ISS >15 using AIS98

    

   ISS >15 using mapped AIS08

8894

27.7%

6125

28.4%

   ISS <15 using mapped AIS08

3649

11.4%

1406

6.5%

   No injuries in current AIS map

276

0.9%

  

ISS <15 using AIS98

    

   ISS >15 using mapped AIS08

44

0.1%

37

0.2%

   ISS <15 using mapped AIS08

17982

56.0%

13969

64.9%

   No injuries in current AIS map

1289

4.0%

  

Total patients

32134

100.0%

21537

100.0%

Total ISS >15 patients

using AIS98

12819

 

7531

 

Projected decrease using

AIS08 (95% CI)

3605

28.1%

(27.4-28.9%)

1369

18.2%

(17.3-19.1%)