Table 1 Patients’ characteristics and rate of documentation of vital signs by age groups

Sex male, n (%)

137 (75%)

369 (63%)*

832 (68%)

1737 (73%)*

49,793 (70%)

< 0.001

Years, n (%)

N/A

 2009

8 (4%)

47 (8%)

92 (8%)

189 (8%)

4335 (6%)

 2010

13 (7%)

54 (9%)

115 (9%)

223 (9%)

5042 (7%)

 2011

17 (9%)

53 (9%)

117 (10%)

249 (10%)

6277 (9%)

 2012

18 (10%)

72 (12%)

150 (12%)

250 (10%)

7260 (10%)

 2013

16 (9%)

76 (13%)

163 (13%)

302 (13%)

8245 (12%)

 2014

23 (13%)

66 (11%)

129 (11%)

280 (12%)

8605 (12%)

 2015

26 (14%)

61 (10%)

131 (11%)

275 (11%)

8933 (13%)

 2016

14 (8%)

62 (11%)

119 (10%)

215 (9%)

7109 (10%)

 2017

20 (11%)

47 (8%)

115 (9%)

221 (9%)

7756 (11%)

 2018

27 (15%)

45 (8%)

86 (7%)

191 (8%)

7838 (11%)

ISS, median (IQR)

16 (16–21) *

18 (16–25) *

20 (17–26) *

22 (17–29) *

21 (17–26)

< 0.001

Revised Trauma Score

median (IQR)

6.82

(5.68–7.55) *

6.90

(5.97–7.84) *

7.55

(6.61–7.84) *

7.84

(6.32–7.84) *

7.84

(6.82–7.84)

< 0.001

Probability of survival ^a

median (IQR)

0.97

(0.94–0.99) *

0.97

(0.91–0.99) *

0.98

(0.94–0.99) *

0.97

(0.91–0.99) *

0.92

(0.79–0.95)

< 0.001

Presence of ELSTs, n (%)

125 (92%) *

422 (94%) *

925 (97%)

1813 (97%)

53,659 (97%)

0.001

Hospital mortality, n (%)

10 (6%) *

30 (5%) *

50 (4%) *

174 (8%) *

9765 (14%)

< 0.001

Blood pressure

50 (27%) *

362 (62%) *

1014 (83%)

2013 (83%)

60,291 (84%)

< 0.001

Pulse rate

133 (73%) *

481 (83%) *

1060 (87%)

2117 (88%)

62,977 (88%)

< 0.001

Respiratory rate

114 (63%) *

426 (73%) *

993 (82%)

1995 (83%)

59,463 (83%)

< 0.001

Consciousness

123 (68%) *

465 (80%) *

1077 (88%)

2142 (89%)

63,639 (89%)

< 0.001

Completion of vital signs

39 (21%) *

298 (51%) *

891 (73%)

1797 (75%)

54,076 (76%)

< 0.001