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Table 1 Patient demography, injuries, admission and mortality

From: Comparison of risk-adjusted survival in two Scandinavian Level-I trauma centres

 

KUH n = 4485

OUH n = 3591

p

U/M KUH

U/M OUH

Age (years)

39 (25–55)

40 (26–57)

<0.05

 

4

Age >65 years

603 (13.4 %)

576 (16.0 %)

<0.01

 

4

Pre-injury ASA-PS

1 (1–1)

1 (1–2)

<0.001

15

6

Pre-injury ASA-PS ≥3

308 (6.9 %)

522 (14.6 %)

<0.001

15

6

Pre-injury ASA-PS ≥3 for age >65 years

204 (34.1 %)

294 (51.3 %)

<0.001

4

3

Male

3113 (69.4 %)

2618 (72.9 %)

<0.001

  

Blunt trauma

4139 (92.3 %)

3202 (89.2 %)

<0.001

  

ISS

5 (1–13)

10 (4–18)

<0.001

  

NISS

6 (3–17)

12 (4–27)

<0.001

71

 

Injury mechanism

    

30

 Transport accidents

1977 (44.1 %)

1474 (41.1 %)

<0.01

  

 Fall

1671 (37.2 %)

1124 (31.6 %)

<0.001

  

 Other

837 (18.7 %)

963 (27.1 %)

<0.001

  

Injury intention

   

31

33

 Self-inflicted

223 (5.0 %)

138 (3.9 %)

<0.05

  

 Assault

563 (12.6 %)

481 (13.5 %)

0.256

  

Secondary admission

290 (6.5 %)

1236 (34.4 %)

<0.001

9

 

Crude mortality

143 (3.2 %)

202 (5.6 %)

<0.001

  

DOA

39 (21.4 %)

26 (11.4 %)

<0.01

  
  1. Numbers are median and interquartile range, or number and proportion (%)
  2. KUH Karolinska University Hospital-Solna, OUH Oslo University Hospital-Ullevål, U/M Unknown/Missing, ASA-PS American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System, ISS Injury Severity Score, NISS New Injury Severity Score, DOA Dead on Arrival, as fraction of total deaths