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Table 2 Regions of body which were injured in both types of trauma

From: When a vehicle becomes a weapon: intentional vehicular assaults in Israel

 

Vehicular assaults (n = 26)

Pedestrian trauma (n = 81)

p value

ISS, meana

23.2 ± 12.8

15.4 ± 13.8

0.012

Head

15 (58)

28 (35)

0.036

Face

14 (54)

23 (28)

0.0176

Chest

3 (12)

25 (31)

0.051

Abdomen

3 (11)

15 (19)

NS

Lower extremities

20 (77)

44 (54)

0.04

Upper extremities

8 (31)

29 (36)

NS

Spine

7 (27)

9 (11)

0.049

Skin

7 (27)

11 (14)

NS

Pelvis

3 (12)

26 (32)

0.04

Vascular

3 (12)

0 (0)

0.0019

Ocular

2 (8)

4 (5)

NS

  1. The Student’s t-test and chi-squared test were used for statistical analysis as appropriate
  2. Abbreviations: ISS injury severity score
  3. aData shown as number (and percentage), and mean ± standard deviation