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

Burford, Kathryn G.; Itzkowitz, Nicole G.; Crowe, Remle P.; Wang, Henry E.; Lo, Alexander X.; Rundle, Andrew G.

doi:10.1186/s40621-024-00517-1

Injury Epidemiology

Table 4 Descriptive Statistics for EMS Encounters for Reported Location of Fall Injuries by Patient Acuity, Categorized by Age

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
Dead	51	0.1%	41	0.1%	5	0.1%	2	0.0%	2	0.0%	1	0.1%
Critical	2232	2.6%	1642	2.4%	220	3.3%	161	3.0%	190	3.5%	19	2.0%
Emergent	18631	21.5%	14482	21.2%	1369	20.7%	1256	23.4%	1326	24.3%	198	20.9%
Low	65689	75.9%	52049	76.3%	5021	75.9%	3960	73.6%	3931	72.1%	728	77.0%
Missing	31536	26.7%	22115	24.5%	2383	26.5%	1456	21.3%	3612	39.9%	1970	67.6%
21–30
Dead	51	0.1%	35	0.1%	12	0.1%	3	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%
Critical	1802	3.5%	1244	3.3%	326	3.5%	102	6.2%	112	4.7%	18	3.2%
Emergent	12151	23.4%	8819	23.2%	2034	21.9%	455	27.6%	689	28.8%	154	27.3%
Low	37928	73.0%	27925	73.4%	6929	74.5%	1089	66.0%	1593	66.5%	392	69.4%
Missing	19020	26.8%	11769	23.6%	3360	26.5%	486	22.8%	2214	48.0%	1191	67.8%
31–40
Dead	81	0.1%	51	0.1%	18	0.2%	5	0.3%	7	0.3%	0	0.0%
Critical	2224	3.7%	1685	3.7%	357	3.6%	65	4.1%	103	4.8%	14	2.2%
Emergent	14845	24.7%	11401	24.9%	2272	23.0%	415	26.3%	598	27.7%	159	25.0%
Low	42917	71.4%	32659	71.3%	7249	73.3%	1095	69.3%	1452	67.2%	462	72.8%
Missing	21942	26.8%	14314	23.8%	3636	26.9%	463	22.7%	2267	51.2%	1262	66.5%
41–50
Dead	98	0.1%	77	0.1%	14	0.1%	5	0.3%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%
Critical	2866	3.7%	2250	3.7%	385	3.6%	91	5.8%	106	5.0%	34	4.3%
Emergent	19459	25.4%	15762	25.6%	2499	23.4%	417	26.5%	602	28.2%	179	22.7%
Low	54304	70.8%	43446	70.6%	7793	72.9%	1061	67.4%	1428	66.8%	576	73.0%
Missing	27486	26.4%	18781	23.4%	4030	27.4%	483	23.5%	2599	54.9%	1593	66.9%
51–60
Dead	218	0.1%	194	0.2%	10	0.1%	6	0.3%	7	0.2%	1	0.1%
Critical	5277	3.6%	4399	3.6%	542	3.1%	143	6.4%	150	4.6%	43	2.8%
Emergent	37159	25.0%	31178	25.2%	4064	23.0%	639	28.7%	919	27.9%	359	23.3%
Low	105835	71.3%	87952	71.1%	13086	73.9%	1441	64.6%	2218	67.3%	1138	73.8%
Missing	52012	25.9%	37740	23.4%	6420	26.6%	633	22.1%	4181	55.9%	3038	66.3%
61–65
Dead	183	0.2%	166	0.2%	7	0.1%	2	0.2%	4	0.2%	4	0.4%
Critical	3314	3.2%	2889	3.2%	253	2.7%	59	4.4%	81	4.2%	32	2.8%
Emergent	26404	25.5%	23022	25.7%	2220	23.8%	354	26.7%	528	27.3%	280	24.9%
Low	73459	71.1%	63559	70.9%	6855	73.4%	913	68.8%	1322	68.3%	810	71.9%
Missing	35026	25.3%	26870	23.1%	3312	26.2%	335	20.1%	2471	56.1%	2038	64.4%
66–70
Dead	156	0.1%	146	0.1%	5	0.1%	2	0.2%	2	0.1%	1	0.1%
Critical	3733	3.2%	3268	3.1%	271	3.5%	78	6.3%	84	4.3%	32	2.5%
Emergent	29925	25.6%	26894	25.7%	1891	24.4%	308	24.9%	567	29.1%	265	20.8%
Low	82986	71.0%	74271	71.0%	5593	72.1%	847	68.6%	1298	66.5%	977	76.6%
Missing	39316	25.2%	31603	23.2%	2804	26.5%	362	22.7%	2190	52.9%	2357	64.9%
71–75
Dead	154	0.1%	140	0.1%	7	0.1%	3	0.3%	3	0.2%	1	0.1%
Critical	3979	3.0%	3617	2.9%	198	2.9%	69	5.9%	68	3.9%	27	1.8%
Emergent	34609	25.7%	31780	25.7%	1693	24.9%	339	29.1%	505	28.8%	292	20.0%
Low	96078	71.3%	88117	71.3%	4888	72.0%	752	64.7%	1178	67.2%	1143	78.1%
Missing	46366	25.6%	38286	23.6%	2550	27.3%	318	21.5%	2094	54.4%	3118	68.1%
76–80
Dead	174	0.1%	167	0.1%	5	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Critical	4147	2.8%	3836	2.8%	170	2.9%	45	4.8%	71	4.5%	25	1.5%
Emergent	37589	25.6%	34923	25.6%	1637	27.5%	265	28.1%	448	28.2%	316	18.9%
Low	104879	71.4%	97704	71.5%	4143	69.6%	633	67.1%	1071	67.4%	1328	79.5%
Missing	50954	25.8%	42686	23.8%	2231	27.3%	255	21.3%	1892	54.3%	3890	70.0%
Dead	174	0.1%	167	0.1%	5	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
81–85
Dead	149	0.1%	141	0.1%	5	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.1%
Critical	4144	2.6%	3884	2.6%	138	2.8%	34	5.2%	58	4.4%	30	1.6%
Emergent	39,227	24.9%	37019	24.9%	1318	26.8%	166	25.6%	330	25.2%	394	20.6%
Low	114226	72.4%	107,913	72.4%	3459	70.3%	448	69.1%	918	70.2%	1488	77.7%
Missing	55089	25.9%	46615	23.8%	1873	27.6%	173	21.1%	1851	58.6%	4577	70.5%
86–90
Dead	142	0.1%	139	0.1%	2	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Critical	3658	2.4%	3491	2.4%	102	3.0%	23	5.4%	21	2.2%	21	1.1%
Emergent	37176	24.3%	35490	24.3%	915	27.3%	136	32.1%	274	28.8%	361	18.5%
Low	111970	73.2%	107146	73.3%	2333	69.6%	265	62.5%	656	69.0%	1570	80.4%
Missing	53358	25.9%	45313	23.7%	1270	27.5%	93	18.0%	1515	61.4%	5167	72.6%
91 +
Dead	120	0.1%	117	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.1%
Critical	3084	2.3%	2956	2.3%	54	3.1%	18	7.6%	23	4.0%	33	1.7%
Emergent	31846	23.7%	30788	23.7%	487	27.5%	72	30.4%	146	25.7%	353	18.4%
Low	99137	73.9%	95831	73.9%	1227	69.4%	147	62.0%	399	70.2%	1533	79.8%
Missing	46823	25.9%	39717	23.4%	724	29.0%	53	18.3%	1214	68.1%	5115	72.7%
Missing Age	5515	0.3%	4346	0.3%	733	0.6%	86	0.4%	109	0.2%	249	0.5%

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