Table 2 Injury severity, injury type and body region of injury in transferred trauma patients.

Patients n

258

627

665

Penetrating inj n (%)

9 (3.5)

27 (4.3)

24 (3.6)

.762

ISS

17 (14-25)^§

21 (16-26)^§

21 (16-29)^§

< .001

NISS

26 (17-35)^§

29 (21-41)^§

27 (20-41)^§

.004

Head inj n (%)

174 (67.4)

360 (57.4)

349 (52.5)

< .001

Spinal inj n (%)

40 (15.5)

139 (22.2)

181 (27.2)

.001

Thoracic inj n (%)

31 (12.0)

167 (26.6)

196 (29.5)

< .001

Abdominal/Pelvic inj n (%)

12 (4.7)

83 (13.2)

76 (11.4)

.001

Polytrauma n (%)

44 (17.1)

212 (33.8)

236 (35.5)

< .001