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Table 1 Overview of study population: hospital-admitted injury patients, Victoria

From: Complications, burden and in-hospital death among hospital treated injury patients in Victoria, Australia: a data linkage study

 

Injury hospital admisionsa

July 2012 to June 2014

Total number of patients

152,835

Age group (years)

 0–14 years

21,058

13.8

 15–24 years

22,851

15.0

 25–44 years

35,394

23.2

 45–64 years

29,325

19.2

 65–84 years

27,886

18.3

 85 and over

16,321

10.7

Gender

 Maleb

85,329

55.8

 Female

67,506

44.2

Injury severityc

 Serious injury (ICISS< 0.941)

19,095

12.5

 Other injury (ICISS> = 0.941)

133,740

87.5

 Number of comorbidities

 0

123,046

80.5

 1

21,046

13.8

 2

5699

3.7

 3

2120

1.4

  > 3

924

0.6

Body region

 Head

25,982

17.0

 Neck

3428

2.2

 Thorax

7359

4.8

 Abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine & pelvis

9410

6.2

 Shoulder & upper arm

11,224

7.3

 Elbow & forearm

15,465

10.1

 Wrist & hand

25,722

16.8

 Hip & thigh

12,862

8.4

 Knee & lower leg

19,806

13.0

 Ankle & foot

5662

3.7

 Foreign body (various regions)

2585

1.7

 Burns (various regions)

1802

1.2

 Multiple body regions

36

0.0

 Unspecified body region

534

0.4

 Body region not relevant

10,958

7.2

Grouped injury type (first occurring)

 Superficial injury

7364

4.8

 Open wound

21,309

13.9

 Fracture

63,505

41.6

 Dislocation, sprain & strain

10,502

6.9

 Injury to nerves & spinal cord

1990

1.3

 Injury to blood vessels

1332

0.9

 Injury to muscle & tendon

8205

5.4

 Crushing injury

326

0.2

 Traumatic amputation

1588

1.0

 Eye injury- excluding foreign body

481

0.3

 Intracranial injury

6038

4.0

 Injury to internal organs

1684

1.1

 Foreign body

2585

1.7

 Burns

1802

1.2

 Other and unspecified injury

13,166

8.6

 Systemic-poisoning/toxic effects

9782

6.4

 Other effects of external cause/complication

1176

0.8

 Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA)d

 1

16,548

10.8

 2

#

#

 3

9982

6.5

 4

16,954

11.1

 5

10,147

6.6

 6

11,217

7.3

 7

11,123

7.3

 8

24,412

16.0

 9

22,627

14.8

 10

21,648

14.2

 999 (missing)

< 5

< 5

  1. Notes:
  2. aTotal number of patients with an index admission to all public and private hospitals in Victoria, limited to Victorian residents with an ICD-10-AM diagnosis code in the range “S00” to “T75” or “T79” in the principal diagnosis
  3. bIntersex patient count less than 3 added to the majority sex group to protect confidentiality
  4. cWorst injury method-ICD-based Injury Severity Score less than or equal to 0.941 considered as serious injury
  5. dSEIFA used in this study is the Index of Relative Socio-Economic Advantage and Disadvantage (IRSAD), are state deciles based on Statistical Local Areas (SLAs). A low score indicates relatively greater disadvantage. For further information refer http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/lookup/2033.0.55.001main+features100042011
  6. < 5 Cells with frequency less than 5 or statistics based on less than 5 patients has been suppressed for confidentiality reasons. # Other cells may also be suppressed to protect the confidentiality of < 5 cells
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