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Adults | Children | Adults | Children | Adults | Children | |
Total ED attendances | 11988 | 6535 | 17823 | |||
With head±neck injury, n (%) | 347 (2.9) | 136 (1.1) | 409 (6.3) | 177 (2.7) | 353 (1.9) | 369 (2.1) |
Male, n (%) | 223 (64.3) | 91 (66.9) | 237 (57.9) | 115 (64.9) | 220 (62.3) | 236 (63.9) |
Median age | 35 | 6 | 34 | 4 | 37 | 4 |
GCS on arrival <15, n (%) | 24 (6.9) | 4 (2.9) | 12 (2.9) | 0 | 13 (3.7) | 2 (0.5) |
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Falls | 99 (28.5) | 71 (52.2) | 144 (35.2) | 126 (71.2) | 166 (47.0) | 249 (67.5) |
RTC | 32 (9.2) | 7 (5.1) | 93 (22.7) | 8 (4.5) | 14 (3.9) | 12 (3.2) |
Assault | 172 (49.6) | 28 (19.8) | 118 (28.9) | 14 (7.9) | 102 (28.9) | 29 (7.9) |
Other | 44 (12.7) | 30 (22.1) | 54 (13.2) | 29 (16.4) | 71 (2.0) | 79 (21.4) |
Intracranial abnormality, n (%) | 7 (2.0) | 1 (0.7) | 14 (3.4) | 0 | 7 (1.9) | 2 (0.5) |
Mortality, n (%) | 2 (0.5) | 0 | 2 (0.5) | 0 | NK | NK |
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ED, emergency department; GCS, Glasgow Coma Score; RBFT, Royal Bolton Hospital Foundation NHS Trust; RTC, road traffic collision; SRFT, Salford Royal Foundation NHS Trust; SXR, skull x-ray.