Comprehensive epidemiological assessment of trauma incidents at a level I trauma center

Table 1 Time distribution of trauma

Months/hours	0-2	2-4	4-6	6-8	8-10	10-12	12-14	14-16	16-18	18-20	20-22	22-24	Total
Jan	66	27	23	10	62	88	66	78	104	107	128	90	811
Feb	70	29	15	15	99	102	93	97	88	128	135	86	956
Mar	65	43	22	17	128	146	128	140	135	192	204	111	1331
Apr	79	51	15	25	128	193	132	140	145	189	198	121	1416
May	122	57	20	34	150	203	167	177	189	280	229	155	1783
Jun	118	57	37	27	155	221	189	165	190	273	230	173	1835
Jul	111	66	43	35	160	211	180	178	197	224	272	150	1827
Aug	129	55	41	25	223	267	198	197	195	226	296	193	2045
Sep	92	52	36	38	242	261	201	249	234	302	277	185	2169
Oct	110	45	24	27	157	259	218	204	216	270	236	131	1897
Nov	11	6	3	2	17	43	42	27	42	36	24	11	264
Dec	17	8	4	2	28	35	26	33	35	26	20	17	251
Total	989	496	283	257	1549	2029	1640	1685	1770	2253	2211	1423	16585

Table 2 Distribution of causes of trauma

Cause of trauma	≤ 14 (age)		15-30 (age)		31-44 (age)		45-59 (age)		≥ 60 (age)		Total		Component ratio (%)	Rank
	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female
Falls	1236	665	973	693	857	606	704	602	455	726	4225	3292	45.32	1
Other trauma	387	200	436	281	289	192	253	222	134	139	1599	1034	15.88	2
Road Traffic Accidents	199	96	361	269	356	279	316	308	170	159	1402	1111	15.15	3
Violence	210	80	388	194	283	199	162	108	48	23	1191	604	10.82	4
Cutting/stabbing	155	58	381	199	259	138	176	98	52	45	1023	538	9.41	5
Mechanical injuries	54	39	65	55	70	32	64	26	19	15	272	167	2.65	6
Winter sports injuries	5	2	21	9	14	2	1	3	2	0	43	16	0.36	7
Animal bite	6	5	5	11	3	4	3	1	0	2	17	20	0.22	8
Burns	3	0	2	0	4	0	2	1	1	2	12	3	0.09	9
Electrical injuries	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0.02	10
Total	2257	1142	2634	1712	2337	1455	1683	1372	882	1111	9793	6792	100

Table 3 Distribution of trauma sites in patients with different causes of trauma, n (%)

Cause of injury	Limbs/skin	Head/neck	Chest/abdomen	Back	Total
Falls	4758 (63.30)	2012 (26.77)	641 (8.53)	286 (3.80)	7517 (100.00)
Other trauma	1576 (59.86)	542 (20.85)	255 (9.68)	92 (3.49)	2633 (100.00)
Road traffic accidents	1399 (55.67)	666 (26.50)	342 (13.61)	106 (4.22)	2513 (100.00)
Violence	581 (32.37)	956 (53.26)	235 (13.09)	23 (1.28)	1795 (100.00)
Cutting/stabbing	1359 (89.37)	142 (9.10)	52 (3.33)	8 (0.51)	1561 (100.00)
Mechanical injuries	293 (66.74)	91 (20.73)	43 (9.79)	12 (2.73)	439 (100.00)
Winter sports injury	43 (72.88)	6 (10.17)	4 (6.78)	6 (10.17)	59 (100.00)
Animal bite	30 (81.08)	4 (10.81)	1 (2.70)	2 (5.88)	37 (100.00)
Burns	9 (60.00)	5 (33.33)	1 (6.66)	0 (0.00)	15 (100.00)
Electrical injuries	4 (100.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)	4 (100.00)
Total	10052 (60.61)	4424 (26.67)	1574 (9.49)	535 (3.23)	16585 (100.00)