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Table 2 Descriptive Statistics for EMS Encounters for Reported Location of Fall Injuries by Patient Acuity, GCS and T-RTS Scores, Categorized by Sex.1

From: Clinical trauma severity of indoor and outdoor injurious falls requiring emergency medical service response

 

Overall

Indoor

Outdoor- street or sidewalk

Outdoor- not on street or sidewalk

Indoor/outdoor unclear

Missing

N = 1854909

N = 1596860

N = 129408

N = 23586

N = 53700

N = 51355

Acuity

Female

Dead

611

0.1%

559

0.1%

36

0.1%

2

0.0%

6

0.0%

8

0.1%

Critical

18700

2.4%

16981

2.3%

930

2.4%

311

3.6%

340

2.8%

138

1.5%

Emergent

190691

24.1%

174488

24.1%

9105

23.0%

2115

24.4%

3153

25.6%

1830

20.0%

Low

582325

73.5%

530657

73.4%

29465

74.5%

6244

72.0%

8799

71.5%

7160

78.4%

Missing

275103

25.8%

223437

23.6%

14541

26.9%

2395

21.6%

14227

53.6%

20503

69.2%

Male

Dead

983

0.2%

868

0.2%

56

0.1%

27

0.3%

26

0.2%

6

0.2%

Critical

21729

3.8%

18137

3.7%

2098

3.8%

572

5.9%

727

5.5%

195

3.8%

Emergent

147941

25.6%

126701

25.7%

13331

24.4%

2703

27.9%

3762

28.6%

1444

25.6%

Low

406624

70.4%

347588

70.5%

39171

71.7%

6402

66.0%

8626

65.6%

4837

70.4%

Missing

202742

26.0%

151433

23.5%

20051

26.8%

2709

21.8%

13809

51.2%

14740

69.5%

Missing Sex

7460

0.4%

6011

0.4%

624

0.5%

106

0.4%

225

0.4%

494

1.0%

GCS

Female

Severe

5916

0.6%

5295

0.6%

301

0.6%

48

0.5%

160

0.6%

112

0.5%

Moderate

16757

1.7%

15398

1.7%

659

1.3%

75

0.7%

281

1.1%

344

1.5%

Mild

966752

97.7%

860083

97.7%

48921

98.2%

9908

98.8%

24860

98.3%

22980

98.1%

Missing

78005

7.3%

65346

6.9%

4196

7.8%

1036

9.4%

1224

4.6%

6203

20.9%

Male

   

Severe

10540

1.5%

8416

1.4%

1309

1.9%

165

1.5%

451

1.8%

199

1.2%

Moderate

18041

2.5%

14732

2.5%

2250

3.3%

182

1.6%

565

2.2%

312

1.9%

Mild

691717

96.0%

574772

96.1%

65211

94.8%

10862

96.9%

24697

96.0%

16275

97.0%

Missing

59721

7.7%

46807

7.3%

5937

7.9%

1204

9.7%

1337

4.9%

4436

20.9%

Missing Sex

7460

0.4%

6011

0.4%

624

0.5%

106

0.4%

225

0.4%

494

1.0%

T-RTS

Female

Need for transport to Trauma Center

40132

4.3%

36,222

4.3%

1811

3.9%

310

3.4%

929

3.9%

860

3.9%

Does not

895796

95.7%

797768

95.7%

45008

96.1%

8748

96.6%

22944

96.1%

21328

96.1%

Missing

131502

12.3%

112132

11.9%

7258

13.4%

2009

18.2%

2652

10.0%

7451

25.1%

Male

Need for transport to Trauma Center

43823

6.5%

36305

6.5%

4659

7.3%

539

5.4%

1471

6.1%

849

5.4%

Does not

628624

93.5%

522887

93.5%

59069

92.7%

9444

94.6%

22451

93.9%

14773

94.6%

Missing

107572

13.8%

85535

13.3%

10979

14.7%

2430

19.6%

3028

11.2%

5600

26.4%

Missing Sex

7460

0.4%

6011

0.4%

624

0.5%

106

0.4%

225

0.4%

494

1.0%

  1. 1GCS, Glasgow Comma Scale; T-RTS, Revised Trauma Score for Triage