Table 1 Patient characteristics and background factors by gender (n = 383)

Patients

279 (72.8)

104 (27.2)

< 0.001*

Age groups

0.050

 15–39 years

116 (41.6)

37 (35.6)

 40–64 years

96 (34.4)

29 (27.9)

  ≥ 65 years

67 (24.0)

38 (36.5)

Injury Severity Score (ISS),

0.935

 ISS, 15–29

209 (74.9)

76 (73.1)

 ISS, 30–44

50 (17.9)

20 (19.2)

 ISS ≥ 45

20 (7.2)

8 (7.7)

Predominant type of injury

0.225

 Blunt

252 (90.3)

98 (94.2)

 Penetrating

27 (9.7)

6 (5.8)

Injury mechanism

0.019*

 Traffic

113 (40.6)

39 (37.5)

 Low-energy fall

43 (15.5)

28 (26.9)

 High-energy fall

68 (24.5)

27 (26)

 Other

55 (19.7)

10 (9.6)

Intentional injury

0.041*

 Accident

229 (82.7)

87 (84.5)

 Self-inflicted

13 (4.7)

10 (9.7)

 Assault

35 (12.6)

6 (5.8)

 Missing

2

1

Predominant Anatomical Injury

0.065

 Isolated head

54 (19.6)

23 (22.3)

 Head

74 (26.8)

32 (31.1)

 Chest

69 (25.0)

20 (19.4)

 Abdomen

35 (12.7)

8 (7.8)

 Pelvis

10 (3.6)

12 (11.7)

 Spine and Spinal cord

22 (8.0)

5 (5.9)

 Amputated limb or severe injured extremity

6 (2.2)

1 (1.0)

  ≥ 2 long bone fractures

6 (2.2)

2 (1.9)

 Missing

3

1

Systolic blood pressure, RTS category

0.820

 Systolic blood pressure, RTS 4

226 (85.0)

84 (84.0)

 Systolic blood pressure, RTS 0–3

40 (15.0)

16 (16.0)

 Missing

13

4

Respiratory rate, RTS category,

0.951

 Respiratory rate, RTS 4

226 (85.6)

85 (82.5)

 Respiratory rate, RTS 0–3

38 (14.4)

14 (14.1)

 Missing

15

5

Glasgow Coma Scale, RTS category

0.200

 Glasgow Coma Scale, RTS 3–4

207 (76.4)

85 (82.5)

 Glasgow Coma Scale, RTS 0–2

64 (23.6)

18 (17.5)

Prehospital cardiac arrest

12 (4.3)

3 (2.9)

0.538