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Table 1 Descriptive statistics related to trauma and patient gender, age, and clinical variables. São Paulo–San Diego, 2006–2010

From: New Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) adjustments for survival prediction

Variables

N (%)

Age (years), mean (SD)

41.9 (± 19.9)

Gender

 Male

7798 (73.5)

 Female

2790 (26.5)

Mechanism of trauma

 Blunt

9570 (90.4)

 Penetrant

1016 (9.6)

 No information

2 (0.0)

External causes of morbidity and mortality

 Transportation accidents

4663 (44.1)

 Falls

3203 (30.3)

 Assault

1908 (18.0)

 Intentional self-harm

216 (2.0)

 Events with undetermined intent

205 (1.9)

 Other

364 (3.4)

 No information

29 (0.3)

Surgical procedure

 Yes

2736 (25.8)

 No

7852 (74.2)

ICU admission

 Yes

4132 (39.0)

 No

6456 (61.0)

Hospital discharge condition

 Survived

9962 (94.1)

 Died

626 (5.9)

Hospital length of stay (days), mean (SD)

5.4 (± 13.3)

ISS, mean (SD)

9.7 (± 9.6)

NISS, mean (SD)

12.8 (± 13.0)

  1. ICU Intensive Care Unit, ISS Injury Severity Score, NISS New Injury Severity Score