From: Clinical consequences of road traffic injuries among the elderly in Japan
Group | 1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 18 - 64 | 65 - 74 | 75 + |
Cases | 1459 | 119 | 78 |
Gender (% males) | 56.8 * | 38.7 | 48.7 |
Address (% outside Kurume) | 41.9 | 34.5 | 35.9 |
Transfer Circumstance (%) | Â | Â | Â |
   Ambulance | 47.4 * | 73.1 | 82.1 *** |
Payment Type (%) | Â | Â | Â |
   Mandatory car insurance | 69.5 * | 52.1 | 57.7 |
   Social insurance | 18.5 | 16.8 | 10.3 |
   National insurance | 5.7 * | 26.9 | 29.5 *** |
   Occupational insurance | 1.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
   Self pay | 4.4 | 4.2 | 2.6 |
Medical Service (%) | Â | Â | Â |
   Orthopedic | 80.3 | 72.3 | 57.7 *** |
   Neurosurgery | 8.7 | 14.3 | 19.2 *** |
   Plastic surgery | 5.6 | 2.5 | 9.0 |
   General surgery | 4.7 | 9.2 | 11.5 *** |
   Others | 0.6 | 1.7 | 2.6 |
Time of ED visit (%) | Â | Â | Â |
   08:30 - 16:59 | 32.9 * | 53.8 | 57.7 *** |
   17:00 - 23:59 | 43.7 | 37.0 | 30.8 |
   00:00 - 08:29 | 23.4 * | 9.2 | 11.5 |
Weekend (%) | 35.6 | 37.0 | 26.9 |
Mechanism of Injury (%) | Â | Â | Â |
   Automobile | 68.0 * | 38.7 | 37.2 *** |
   Pedestrian | 4.7 * | 21.9 | 20.5 *** |
   Bicycle | 8.8 * | 25.2 | 29.5 *** |
   Motorcycle | 16.5 | 11.8 | 11.5 |
   Others | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.3 |