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Table 1 The demographic and clinical characteristics of 5095 thoracic trauma patients

From: Epidemiological and clinical characteristics of road traffic crashes related thoracic traumas: analysis of 5095 hospitalized chest injury patients

 

Number or mean

Percent

SD

Total

5095

100.0

 

Gender

 Male

4045

79.4

 

 Female

1050

20.6

 

Age (year)

50.2

 

14.2

 Male

48.6

 

14.5

 Female

55.9

 

13.3

 < 31

828

16.3

 

 31–60

2816

55.3

 

 > 61

1451

28.5

 

Injury mechanism

 Traffic accident

2108

41.4

 

 Slip down

1432

28.1

 

 Falls

678

13.3

 

 Assault

459

9.0

 

 Industrial accident

418

8.2

 

Injury type

 Rib fracture

3583

70.3

 

 Pneumothorax

1019

20.0

 

 Hemopneumothorax

247

4.8

 

 Lung contusion

121

2.4

 

 Sternum fracture

105

2.1

 

 Hemothorax

41

0.8

 

Associated injury

2649

52.0

 

 Extremity fracture

2080

78.5

 

 Abdominal

232

8.8

 

 Clavicle fracture

210

7.9

 

 Head and spinal

96

3.6

 

 Facial

31

1.2

 

ISS

15.4

 

10.1

  1. Categorical data are presented as number and percent; continuous data are presented as mean ± SD
  2. SD standard deviation, ISS injury severity score
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

ISSN: 1749-8090

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