Table 3 Road traffic crashes related thoracic injury patient characteristics comparison before and after Jan 2011
| Â | 2003 group | 2011 group | p |
|---|---|---|---|
Total chest trauma (n) | 2046 | 3049 | Â |
RTCR chest trauma (n, %) | 874, 42.7% | 1234, 40.5% | 0.111 |
Gender (n, %) | |||
 Male | 717, 82.0% | 759, 61.5% | 0.001 |
 Female | 157, 18.0% | 475, 38.5% |  |
Age (year) | 49.2 ± 17.1 | 52.4 ± 10.9 | 0.001 |
 Male | 47.9 ± 17.2 | 50.6 ± 9.7 | 0.001 |
 Female | 55.1 ± 16.5 | 55.3 ± 11.0 | 0.887 |
Accident category (n, %) | |||
 Motor | 853, 97.6% | 1212, 98.2% | 0.321 |
 Non-motor | 21, 2.4% | 22, 1.8% |  |
Injury type (n, %) | |||
 Rib fracture | 611, 69.9% | 910, 73.7% | 0.053 |
 Pneumothorax | 168, 19.2% | 183, 14.8% | 0.001 |
 Hemopneumothorax | 43, 4.9% | 62, 5.0% | 0.914 |
 Lung contusion | 19, 2.2% | 26, 2.1% | 0.917 |
 Sternum fracture | 24, 2.7% | 41, 3.3% | 0.451 |
 Hemothorax | 9, 1.0% | 12, 1.0% | 0.896 |
Associate injury (n, %) | 478, 54.7% | 699, 56.6% | 0.373 |
 Extremity fracture | 377, 78.9% | 535, 76.5% | 0.347 |
 Abdominal | 42, 8.8% | 69, 9.9% | 0.532 |
 Clavicle fracture | 37, 7.7% | 55, 7.9% | 0.936 |
 Head and spinal | 17, 3.6% | 31, 4.4% | 0.454 |
 Facial | 5, 1.0% | 9, 1.3% | 0.707 |
ISS | 17.1 ± 8.9 | 18.3 ± 10.2 | 0.004 |