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Table 3 Descriptive Statistics for EMS Encounters for Reported Location of Fall Injuries by GCS, Categorized by Age.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

0–20

Severe

777

0.7%

576

0.7%

106

1.3%

23

0.4%

61

0.7%

11

0.5%

Moderate

1671

1.6%

1322

1.6%

193

2.4%

49

0.8%

77

0.9%

30

1.3%

Mild

104427

97.7%

79877

97.7%

7818

96.3%

6089

98.8%

8310

98.4%

2333

98.3%

Missing

11264

9.5%

8554

9.5%

881

9.8%

674

9.9%

613

6.8%

542

18.6%

21–30

Severe

1006

1.5%

625

1.4%

272

2.3%

27

1.4%

65

1.5%

15

1.0%

Moderate

1637

2.5%

1079

2.3%

403

3.5%

40

2.1%

92

2.1%

23

1.6%

Mild

62932

96.0%

44496

96.3%

10947

94.2%

1849

96.5%

4199

96.4%

1441

97.4%

Missing

5377

7.6%

3582

7.2%

1037

8.2%

219

10.3%

252

5.5%

277

15.8%

31–40

Severe

1205

1.6%

829

1.5%

255

2.1%

26

1.4%

73

1.7%

22

1.4%

Moderate

1994

2.6%

1349

2.4%

495

4.0%

31

1.7%

88

2.1%

31

2.0%

Mild

72806

95.8%

53734

96.1%

11678

94.0%

1805

96.9%

4053

96.2%

1536

96.7%

Missing

6004

7.3%

4198

7.0%

1104

8.2%

181

8.9%

213

4.8%

308

16.2%

41–50

Severe

1404

1.5%

1037

1.4%

236

1.7%

35

1.9%

75

1.7%

21

1.1%

Moderate

2334

2.4%

1690

2.3%

472

3.5%

20

1.1%

116

2.6%

36

1.8%

Mild

93031

96.1%

72137

96.4%

12839

94.8%

1807

97.0%

4343

95.8%

1905

97.1%

Missing

7444

7.1%

5452

6.8%

1174

8.0%

195

9.5%

203

4.3%

420

17.6%

51–60

Severe

2271

1.2%

1851

1.2%

262

1.2%

31

1.2%

89

1.2%

38

1.0%

Moderate

3990

2.1%

3086

2.1%

639

2.9%

43

1.7%

150

2.1%

72

1.9%

Mild

180072

96.6%

145551

96.7%

21454

96.0%

2477

97.1%

6935

96.7%

3655

97.1%

Missing

14168

7.1%

10975

6.8%

1767

7.3%

311

10.9%

301

4.0%

814

17.8%

61–65

Severe

1417

1.1%

1203

1.1%

113

1.0%

13

0.9%

61

1.4%

27

1.0%

Moderate

2384

1.9%

2016

1.9%

243

2.1%

17

1.1%

72

1.7%

36

1.4%

Mild

124861

97.0%

105365

97.0%

11367

97.0%

1487

98.0%

4100

96.9%

2542

97.6%

Missing

9724

7.0%

7922

6.8%

924

7.3%

146

8.8%

173

3.9%

559

17.7%

66–70

Severe

1497

1.0%

1304

1.0%

99

1.0%

17

1.2%

54

1.4%

23

0.8%

Moderate

2553

1.8%

2320

1.8%

123

1.3%

14

1.0%

44

1.1%

52

1.8%

Mild

140898

97.2%

123198

97.1%

9534

97.7%

1420

97.9%

3860

97.5%

2886

97.5%

Missing

11168

7.2%

9360

6.9%

808

7.6%

146

9.1%

183

4.4%

671

18.5%

71–75

Severe

1493

0.9%

1337

0.9%

84

1.0%

16

1.2%

38

1.0%

18

0.5%

Moderate

3062

1.8%

2856

1.9%

99

1.1%

10

0.7%

46

1.2%

51

1.4%

Mild

163497

97.3%

146552

97.2%

8464

97.9%

1351

98.1%

3610

97.7%

3520

98.1%

Missing

13134

7.2%

11195

6.9%

689

7.4%

104

7.0%

154

4.0%

992

21.7%

76–80

Severe

1578

0.9%

1451

0.9%

51

0.7%

13

1.2%

27

0.8%

36

0.8%

Moderate

3471

1.9%

3257

2.0%

91

1.2%

7

0.6%

47

1.4%

69

1.6%

Mild

178017

97.2%

162117

97.2%

7397

98.1%

1072

98.2%

3233

97.8%

4198

97.6%

Missing

14677

7.4%

12491

7.0%

647

7.9%

107

8.9%

175

5.0%

1257

22.6%

81–85

Severe

1386

0.7%

1273

0.7%

46

0.7%

3

0.4%

28

0.9%

36

0.7%

Moderate

3889

2.0%

3725

2.0%

37

0.6%

9

1.2%

40

1.3%

78

1.5%

Mild

192234

97.3%

177428

97.3%

6189

98.7%

741

98.4%

2956

97.8%

4920

97.7%

Missing

15326

7.2%

13146

6.7%

521

7.7%

68

8.3%

134

4.2%

1457

22.4%

86–90

Severe

1281

0.7%

1211

0.7%

26

0.6%

3

0.7%

18

0.8%

23

0.4%

Moderate

3845

2.0%

3677

2.1%

45

1.1%

9

2.0%

39

1.7%

75

1.4%

Mild

185542

97.3%

173300

97.3%

4209

98.3%

446

97.4%

2299

97.6%

5288

98.2%

Missing

15636

7.6%

13391

7.0%

342

7.4%

59

11.4%

110

4.5%

1734

24.4%

91 + 

Severe

1034

0.6%

951

0.6%

25

1.1%

4

1.6%

18

1.0%

36

0.7%

Moderate

3890

2.3%

3714

2.4%

39

1.7%

5

1.9%

31

1.8%

101

1.9%

Mild

162219

97.1%

152813

97.0%

2242

97.2%

248

96.5%

1677

97.2%

5239

97.5%

Missing

13867

7.7%

11931

7.0%

187

7.5%

33

11.4%

56

3.1%

1660

23.6%

Missing Age

5515

0.3%

4346

0.3%

733

0.6%

86

0.4%

109

0.2%

241

0.5%

  1. 1GCS, Glasgow Comma Scale