Nationals (16%) | Expatriates (84%) | P value | |
---|---|---|---|
Age (mean ± SD) | 26 ± 15 | 32 ± 12 | 0.001 |
Male (%) | 92 | 93 | 0.54 |
Traffic-related (%) | 79 | 53 | 0.001 for all |
Fall from height (%) | 6 | 29 | |
Fall of heavy objects (%) | 0.6 | 8 | |
Head injury (%) | 30 | 23 | 0.03 |
Lung injury (%) | 33 | 24 | 0.01 |
Cardiac injury (%) | 1.8 | 0.9 | 0.31 |
Intrathoracic AC (%) | 77 | 63 | 0.001 for all |
Retroperitoneal AC (%) | 14 | 15 | |
True abdomen AC (%) | 7 | 13 | |
Pelvic AC (%) | 1.3 | 9 | |
ISS mean ± SD | 18 ± 11 | 17 ± 10 | 0.43 |
HLOS (median, range) | 6 (1–134) | 8 (1–410) | 0.03 |
ICU (median, range) | 3 (1–39) | 3 (1–150) | 0.48 |
Blood transfusion (%) | 14 | 20 | 0.09 |
Abdominal AIS (median, range) | 2 (2–5) | 2 (1–5) | 0.04 |
Mortality (%) | 8.5 | 8.1 | 0.86 |