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Table 1 Characteristics of trauma patients based on sex in all age group (n = 76645)

From: Trauma outcomes differences in females: a prospective analysis of 76 000 trauma patients in the Asia-Pacific region and the contributing factors

Variable

Categories

Females

n = 28,895

%

Males

n = 47,750

%

Total

n = 76,645

P value

Age

< 50

11,521

39.87

26,324

55.13

37,845

< 0.001

≥ 50

17,374

60.13

21,426

44.87

38,800

Mechanism of Injury

Blunt ( Total)

27,598

95.51

44,718

93.65

72,316

< 0.001

 

Traffic injury

10,793

37.35

21,740

45.53

32,533

Fall/slip down

12,754

44.14

14,816

31.02

27,570

Assault

2655

9.19

6214

13.01

8869

Others

1396

4.83

1948

4.08

3344

Penetrating Injury

1297

4.49

3032

6.35

4329

Anatomical Location of Injury

Head

8453

29.25

15,879

33.25

24,332

< 0.001

Face

5646

19.54

13,136

27.51

18,782

< 0.001

Neck

1732

5.99

3064

6.42

4796

0.020

Thorax

3243

11.22

7431

15.56

10,674

< 0.001

Abdomen

1918

6.64

4074

8.53

5992

< 0.001

Spine

2449

8.48

3265

6.84

5714

< 0.001

Upper Extremity

6480

22.43

12,433

26.04

18,913

< 0.001

Lower Extremity

11,517

39.86

15,547

32.56

27,064

< 0.001

Other

162

0.56

361

0.76

523

0.002

Admission Physiological Parameters

SBP < 90

457

1.58

1150

2.41

1607

< 0.001

RR > 20

1723

5.96

4258

8.92

5981

0.795

Admission Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS)

13–15

28,088

97.21

45,384

95.05

73,472

< 0.001

9–12

403

1.39

1082

2.27

1485

3–8

404

1.40

1284

2.69

1688

Admission Injury Severity Score (ISS)

ISS < 9

21,660

74.96

34,957

73.21

56,617

< 0.001

ISS 9–15

5230

18.10

7415

15.53

12,645

ISS 16–25

1474

5.10

3881

8.13

5355

ISS > 25

531

1.84

1497

3.14

2994

  1. SBP, Systolic Blood Pressure; RR, Respiratory Rate