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Table 1 Low energy (LE) trauma deaths by study region

From: Epidemiology of trauma in the subarctic regions of the Nordic countries

 

Northern Finland

Iceland

Northern Norway

Total study area

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

  1. aSignificant difference (from one or all). Limited data were available on low energy trauma deaths from Northern Sweden and were not included in the comparison