Table 2 Type of thoracic injury in relation to age and gender, in patients with thoracic injury
From: Thoracic injuries in trauma patients: epidemiology and its influence on mortality
Injury type | All (n = 768)* | Age (years) | Gender | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 < 60 (n = 556)  |  ≥ 60 (n = 212) | p-value | Female (n = 176) | Male (n = 587) | p-value | ||
Rib facture; n = (%) | 434 (57) | 277 (50) | 157 (74) |  < 0.001 | 109 (62) | 325 (55) | 0.1 |
Pneumothorax; n = (%) | 265 (35) | 207 (37) | 58 (28) | 0.01 | 60 (34) | 205 (35) | 0.9 |
Hemothorax; n = (%) | 174 (23) | 128 (23) | 46 (22) | 0.8 | 31 (18) | 143 (24) | 0.07 |
Lung contusion; n = (%) | 140 (18) | 113 (20) | 27 (13) | 0.02 | 38 (22) | 102 (17) | 0.2 |
Vascular injury; n = (%) | 37 (4.8) | 34 (6.1) | 3 (1.4) | 0.004 | 6 (3.4) | 31 (5.3) | 0.4 |
Heart injury; n = (%) | 25 (3.3) | 21 (3.8) | 4 (1.9) | 0.3 | 3 (1.7) | 22 (3.7) | 0.2 |