| Matched groups | ||||
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HEMS, % | No. of deaths/Total No. | GEMS, % | No. of deaths/Total No. | p Value | |
Mechanism of injury | |||||
 Automobile crash | 18.0 | (135/752) | 17.5 | (132/756) | .80 |
 Motorcycle crash | 19.1 | (116/608) | 19.7 | (124/631) | .80 |
 Bicycle crash | 30.7 | (83/270) | 29.2 | (79/271) | .69 |
 Pedestrian traffic accident | 42.9 | (124/289) | 41.8 | (123/294) | .79 |
 Other vehicle | 41.5 | (17/41) | 25.0 | (10/40) | .12 |
 Fall from high place or Stairs | 21.1 | (293/1391) | 26.6 | (364/1366) | .001 |
 Machine injury | 22.0 | (11/50) | 23.4 | (11/47) | .87 |
 Falling object or Explosion | 14.3 | (14/98) | 19.1 | (17/89) | .38 |
 Compression injury | 16.1 | (25/155) | 31.5 | (52/165) | .001 |
 Train | 31.3 | (5/16) | 46.7 | (7/15) | .38 |
 Sports | 8.8 | (8/91) | 2.2 | (2/91) | .05 |
 Other blunt injury | 25.0 | (22/88) | 22.4 | (22/98) | .68 |
 Penetrating | 19.4 | (12/62) | 29.1 | (16/55) | .22 |
 missing | 24.6 | (17/69) | 24.2 | (15/62) | .95 |
Injury distribution with AIS ≥3 | |||||
 Head | 32.6 | (625/1916) | 32.0 | (609/1902) | .69 |
 Face | 22.2 | (18/81) | 34.2 | (26/76) | .10 |
 Neck | 20.8 | (5/24) | 33.3 | (7/21) | .34 |
 Chest | 23.4 | (514/2197) | 29.1 | (627/2153) | <.001 |
 Abdomen | 31.3 | (163/521) | 31.6 | (162/512) | .90 |
 Spine | 12.9 | (111/862) | 14.1 | (126/894) | .46 |
 Extremity | 23.7 | (271/1144) | 33.9 | (370/1092) | <.001 |
 Skin | 14.3 | (1/7) | 37.5 | (3/8) | .31 |
Hospital type | |||||
 Tertiary | 22.2 | (877/3951) | 24.7 | (937/3798) | .01 |
 Secondary | 17.2 | (5/29) | 20.3 | (37/182) | .70 |