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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the study population

From: Lung failure after polytrauma with concomitant thoracic trauma in the elderly: an analysis from the TraumaRegister DGU®

Patient characteristics

Total

18–54 y

55–64 y

65–74 y

75–84 y

≥ 85 y

Total (n, %)

43,289 (100%)

24,160 (55.8%)

7113 (16.4%)

5462 (12.6%)

4883 (11.3%)

1671 (3.9%)

Sex (male, %)

32,025 (74.2%)

18,695 (77.6%)

5448 (76.7%)

3932 (72.2%)

3115 (63.9%)

835 (50.1%)

Trauma mechanism (n, %)

 Car collision

12,484 (29.0%)

8251 (34.3%)

1629 (23.0%)

1181 (21.7%)

1157 (23.8%)

266 (16.0%)

 Motorcycle collision

6681 (15.5%)

4856 (20.2%)

1207 (17.0%)

441 (8.1%)

168 (3.5%)

9 (0.5%)

 Bicycle collision

3437 (8.0%)

1490 (6.2%)

716 (10.1%)

671 (12.3%)

483 (9.9%)

77 (4.6%)

 Pedestrian

2769 (6.4%)

1210 (5.0%)

417 (5.9%)

449 (8.3%)

511 (10.5%)

182 (11.0%)

 Fall > 3 m

8636 (20.0%)

4888 (20.3%)

1551 (21.9%)

1196 (22.0%)

798 (16.4%)

203 (12.2%)

 Fall < 3 m

5921 (13.7%)

1405 (5.8%)

996 (14.1%)

1168 (21.5%)

1512 (31.1%)

840 (50.5%)

 Others

3182 (7.4%)

1965 (8.2%)

568 (8.0%)

330 (6.1%)

234 (4.8%)

85 (5.1%)

ISS ± SD (points)

26.1 ± 12.4

26.4 ± 12.5

25.6 ± 12.0

26.0 ± 12.2

26.0 ± 12.4

25.9 ± 12.5

ISS ≥ 16 (n, %)

35,342 (81.6%)

19,835 (82.1%)

5676 (79.8%)

4477 (82.0%)

3994 (81.8%)

1360 (81.4%)

  1. ISS, Injury Severity Score; SD, standard deviation