From: Epidemiology of trauma in the subarctic regions of the Nordic countries
Northern Finland | Iceland | Northern Norway | Total study area | |
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Number of LE trauma deaths registered | 610 | 104 | 386 | 1100 |
Incidence of LE trauma deaths per 100,000 per year (95% CI) | 16.7 (15.3–18.0) | 6.5a (5.3–7.8) | 16.5 (14.8–18.1) | 14.5 (13.6–15.4) |
Autopsy proportion (95% CI) | 419/610a 68.7% (65.0–72.4) | 14/104a 13.5% (6.9–20.0) | 123/386a 31.9% (27.2–36.5) | 556/1100 50.5% (47.6–53.5) |
Prehospital deaths (95% CI) | 94/610a 15.4% (12.5–18.3) | 11/104 10.6% (4.7–16.5) | 22/386a 5.7% (3.4–8.0) | 127/1100 11.5% (9.7–13.4) |
Median age, years (IQR) | 82.0 (69–88) | 86.0 (79–90) | 87.0 (82–91) | 84.0 (76–89) |
Male sex (95% CI) | 348/610a 57.0% (53.1–61.0) | 51/104 49.0% (39.4–58.6) | 162/386a 42.0% (37.0–46.9) | 561/1100 51.0% (48.0–54.0) |
Rural injury municipality proportion (95% CI) | 283/610a 46.4% (42.4–50.4) | 6/104a 5.8% (1.3–10.3) | 264/386a 68.4% (63.8–73.0) | 553/1100 50.3% (47.3–53.2) |
Incidence of LE trauma death after injury in rural municipality (95% CI) | 16.4 14.4–18.3 | 2.0a 0.4–3.6 | 17.7 15.6–19.8 | 15.7 14.4–17.7 |
Incidence of LE trauma death after injury in semi-urban municipality (95% CI) | 15.0 12.3–17.8 | 9.1 1.1–17.1 | 17.1 13.5–20.7 | 15.6 13.5–17.7 |
Incidence of LE trauma death after injury in urban municipality (95% CI) | 18.4a 15.9–20.8 | 7.5 6.0–9.1 | 10.3 6.3–13.7 | 12.4 11.1–13.7 |