Characteristic/parameter | Motorcyclists (n = 1018) | Other MVI patients (n = 1057) | Pedestrians (n = 401) | Car drivers (n = 246) | Passengers (n = 248) | Cyclists (n = 162) | p Value |
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Data shown as percentages unless otherwise stated. | |||||||
Mean age (y) (SD) | 32.5 (13.1) | 36.4 (16.2) | 39.4 (19.8) | 38.2 (12.6) | 36.2 (14.8) | 35.84 (17.4) | <0.0001 |
Median age (y) | 27.8 | 31.7 | 33.9 | 36.3 | 32.3 | 28.9 | |
Proportion of men | 96.1 | 60.9 | 55.6 | 83.3 | 40.7 | 85.2 | <0.0001 |
Brought in by emergency ambulance service | 51.5 | 54.2 | 54.6 | 60.8 | 57.3 | 34.6 | 0.11 |
ED disposal | |||||||
Admitted to hospital | 23.2 | 21 | 25.2 | 17.6 | 17 | 26.5 | 0.49 |
Discharged from ED | 76.4 | 78.5 | 74.6 | 81.6 | 83 | 72.2 | |
Died in ED | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0 | 1.2 |