Table 4 Pre-injury activities, comorbidities, and cofactors
All results in% | Hypothermia | Frostbite | Drowning |
|---|---|---|---|
Activities | |||
Car/driving | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Snowmobile | 5 | 9 | 4 |
Walking | 5 | 20 | 0 |
Skiing | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Mountain climbing | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Fishing | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Falling through ice | 9 | 4 | 21 |
Outdoor skating | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Not recorded | 74 | 59 | 67 |
Co-morbidities | |||
Ischemic heart disease | 20 | 10 | 5 |
Cerebrovascular disease | 7 | 7 | 5 |
Multiple trauma | 5 | 5 | 2 |
Psychiatric illness | 7 | 14 | 2 |
Dementia | 9 | 9 | 0 |
Epilepsy | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Suicide attempts/apparent suicide | 4 | 2 | 2 |
Co-factors | |||
Ethanol | 34 | 28 | 30 |
Opiate | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Benzodiazepine | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Anti-depressive | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Amphetamine | 2 | 5 | 0 |