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Table 1 Epidemiological comparison between DTR SW trauma populations of 2013-2014 and 2015-2016

From: The definition of major trauma using different revisions of the abbreviated injury scale

  

2013–2014

AIS98 used

(n = 18,394)

2015–2016

AIS08 used

(n = 19,383)

p

Gender

(male)

9123 (49.6%)

9630 (49.7%)

0.869

Age

(years)

60.9 (33.6–88.8)

61.2 (33.1–89.2)

0.238

LOS

(days)

3 (1–6)

3 (1–6)

0.086

LOS ICU

(days)

2 (1–4)

2 (1–4)

0.054

LOS MV

(days)

3 (1–8)

3 (1–8)

0.708

Causea

Violence

299 (3.2%)

631 (3.3%)

0.752

Traffic

1896 (20.2%)

3831 (19.9%)

0.388

Work

378 (4.0%)

783 (4.1%)

0.959

Home/Leisure

6122 (65.2%)

12,700 (65.6)

0.612

Sport

567 (6.0%)

1103 (5.7%)

0.0234

self-harm

89 (0.9%)

233 (1.2%)

0.055

other

15 (0.2%)

16 (0.1%)

0.061

  1. LOS Length Of Stay, ICU combination of admission to an ICU (Intensive Care Unit), High Care Unit (HCU); or Medium Care Unit (MCU), MV Mechanical Ventilation
  2. aCause was registered from 2014 onwards (9351 of 18,394 patients in 2013–2014). Statistical comparison is between 2014 (n = 21, cause unknown) and 2015–2016 (n = 86, cause unknown)