Research Article
Age as the Impact on Mortality Rate in Trauma Patients
Table 3
Characteristics of patients stratified by age groups.
| | | 40–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 | 70–79 | >80 |
| | Number of patients, n | 355 | 352 | 317 | 249 | 250 | | Gender male, n (%) | 254 (71.6) | 236 (67.1) | 210 (66.3) | 146 (58.3) | 133 (53.2) | | Mechanism of injury, n (%) | | | | | | | Motor vehicle collision | 48 (13.5) | 39 (11.1) | 29 (9.2) | 11 (4.5) | 3 (1.2) | | Gunshot wound (GSW) | 13 (3.7) | 13 (3.7) | 7 (2.2) | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0) | | Fall from height | 22 (6.2) | 15 (4.3) | 19 (5.9) | 12 (4.8) | 3 (1.2) | | Stab wound (SW) | 7 (1.9) | 6 (1.7) | 4 (1.3) | 1 (0.4) | 2 (0.8) | | Ground-level falls | 26 (7.3) | 45 (12.8) | 84 (26.5) | 136 (54.6) | 197 (78.8) | | Pedestrian | 5 (1.4) | 11 (3.1) | 15 (4.7) | 10 (4.0) | 4 (1.6) | | Motorcycle/bicycle accident | 160 (45.1) | 170 (48.3) | 132 (41.6) | 63 (25.3) | 26 (10.4) | | Blast injury | 14 (3.9) | 4 (1.1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | | Burn | 3 (0.9) | 6 (1.7) | 4 (1.3) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.8) | | Other | 57 (16.1) | 43 (12.2) | 23 (7.3) | 15 (6.0) | 13 (5.2) | | Initial SBP, mmHg, mean (SD) | 134 (29) | 140 (30) | 146 (30) | 148 (30) | 151 (29) | | Initial PR, bpm, mean (SD) | 87 (21) | 86 (21) | 82 (17) | 82 (18) | 83 (18) | | ISS, median, IQR | 10 (5–17) | 10 (5–17) | 9 (5–17) | 9 (5–16) | 9 (5–11) | | TRISS, median, IQR | 0.9955 (0.9890–0.9973) | 0.9824 (0.9629–0.9958) | 0.9724 (0.9537–0.9811) | 0.974 (0.9537–0.9811) | 0.977 (0.9629–0.9796) |
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Note: IQR, interquartile range; ISS, injury severity score; TRISS, trauma and injury severity score; ICU, intensive care unit.
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