Table 3

Characteristics of study population

VariableCategory/statsComplete population (n=15 133)Complete prehospital data
(n=4962, 32.8%)
Complete first available data (n=8255, 54.5%)
GenderMale10 294 (68.0%)3447 (69.5%)5682 (68.8%)
Female4839 (32.0%)1515 (30.5%)2573 (31.2%)
Injury Severity Score (median (IQR))9 (9–16)9 (9–17)9 (9–16)
Age (years) (median (IQR))7 (2.3–12.5)11.9 (8–14.2)10.7 (5.6–13.8)
OutcomeAlive14 764 (97.6%)4909 (98.9%)8188 (99.2%)
Dead369 (2.4%)53 (1.1%)67 (0.8%)
Mode of injuryBlunt14 668 (96.9%)4733 (95.4%)7912 (95.8%)
Penetrating465 (3.1%)229 (4.6%)343 (4.2%)
Mechanism of injury (n (%))Fall less than 2 m6014 (39.7)1187 (23.9)2374 (28.8)
Vehicle incident/collision4721 (31.2)2459 (49.6)3616 (43.8)
Fall more than 2 m1514 (10.0)645 (13.0)1031 (12.5)
Blow(s)1270 (8.4)327 (6.6)601 (7.3)
Other1118 (7.4)147 (3.0)319 (3.9)
Stabbing229 (1.5)130 (2.6)196 (2.4)
Crush160 (1.1)42 (0.9)73 (0.9)
Burn44 (0.3)4 (0.1)12 (0.2)
Shooting42 (0.3)16 (0.3)24 (0.3)
Blast21 (0.1)5 (0.1)9 (0.1)
Priority one (n (%))2820 (18.6)875 (17.6)1349 (16.3)