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Table 1 Study population characteristics (N = 467)

From: Epidemiology of in-hospital trauma deaths in a Brazilian university hospital

 

Frequency (N and %)

Average ± SD

Age (years)

  

≤ 60

417 (91.3)

35.35 ± 18.03

> 60

50 (10.7)

Gender

  

Male

399 (85.4)

Female

68 (14.6)

Mechanism of injury

  

Blunt

341 (73.0)

  - Running over

113 (24.2)

  - Motorcycle crash

70 (15.0)

  - Car crash

66 (14.2)

  - Fall

58 (12.4)

  - Bicycle

17 (3.6)

  - Assault

8 (1.7)

  - Others

9 (1.9)

Gunshot wound

108 (23.2)

Stab wound

18 (3.5)

Signs of life on arrival

  

Yes

325 (69.6)

No (DOA)

142 (30.4)

Revised Trauma Score (RTS)

 

5.24 ± 2.05

Injury Severity Score (ISS)

 

26.41 ± 9.00