Table 1 Demography by death place of hospitalized trauma patients in Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates, during the period of January 2014 to December 2019 (n = 453)
From: Trauma deaths of hospitalized patients in Abu Dhabi Emirate: a retrospective descriptive study
Variable | Overall n = 453 | Emergency room n = 151 | Operating room n = 36 | ICU n = 234 | Ward n = 32 | P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 33 (25–45) | 32 (23–42) | 31 (23–45) | 32 (25–43) | 65.50 (31.75–82.25) | < 0.001 |
Gender | 0.09 | |||||
Female | 82 (18.1) | 22 (14.6) | 6 (16.7) | 43 (18.4) | 11 (34.4) | |
Male | 371 (81.9) | 129 (85.4) | 30 (83.3) | 191 (81.6) | 21 (65.6) | |
Nationality | 0.046 | |||||
UAE | 123 (27.2) | 46 (30.5) | 6 (16.7) | 57 (24.4) | 14 (43.8) | |
Non-UAE | 330 (72.8) | 105 (69.5) | 30 (83.3) | 177 (75.6) | 18 (56.3) | |
Hospital | < 0.001 | |||||
A (n = 7210) | 57 (12.6) | 16 (10.6) | 14 (38.9) | 21 (9.0) | 6 (18.8) | |
B (n = 4136) | 98 (21.6) | 48 (31.8) | 3 (8.3) | 39 (16.7) | 8 (25.0) | |
C (n = 5050) | 135 (29.8) | 19 (12.6) | 1 (2.8) | 101 (43.2) | 14 (43.8) | |
D (n = 3630) | 74 (16.3) | 23 (15.2) | 11 (30.6) | 37 (15.8) | 3 (9.4) | |
E (n = 7015) | 60 (13.2) | 34 (22.5) | 6 (16.7) | 20 (8.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
F (n = 1659) | 20 (4.4) | 4 (2.6) | 1 (2.8) | 14 (6.0) | 1 (3.1) | |
G (n = 319) | 9 (2.0) | 7 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Transportation | < 0.001 | |||||
Ambulance | 408 (90.1%) | 131 (86.8) | 33 (91.7) | 222 (94.9) | 22 (68.8) | |
Private car | 45 (9.9) | 20 (13.2) | 3 (8.3) | 12 (5.1) | 10 (31.3) | |
Injury place | 0.67 | |||||
Public roads | 131 (39.2) | 32 (31.4) | 14 (43.8) | 78 (44.1) | 7 (30.4) | |
Home | 113 (33.8) | 41 (40.2) | 10 (31.3) | 55 (31.1) | 7 (30.4) | |
Work | 48 (14.4) | 12 (11.8) | 6 (18.8) | 24 (13.6) | 6 (26.1) | |
Public areas | 30 (9.0) | 11 (10.8) | 2 (6.3) | 15 (8.5) | 2 (8.7) | |
Desert/sea/water | 10 (3.0) | 5 (4.9) | 0 (0.0) | 4 (2.3) | 1 (4.3) | |
Farm | 2 (0.6) | 1 (1) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
Mechanism of injury | < 0.001 | |||||
MVC | 289 (63.8%) | 114 (75.5) | 21 (58.3) | 150 (64.1) | 4 (12.5) | |
Fall from height | 51 (11.3) | 16 (10.6) | 9 (25.0) | 24 (10.3) | 2 (6.3) | |
Fall same level | 35 (7.7) | 3 (2.0) | 1 (2.8) | 15 (6.4) | 16 (50.0) | |
Falling object | 18 (4.0) | 4 (2.6) | 1 (2.8) | 12 (5.1) | 1 (3.1) | |
Machinery | 3 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.8) | 2 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
Assault | 32 (7.1) | 9 (6.0) | 3 (8.3) | 19 (8.1) | 1 (3.1) | |
Burn | 25 (5.5) | 5 (3.3) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (5.1) | 8 (25) |