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Table 5 Medians of ISS for the different types of injury

From: Mortality in patients with loss of consciousness at the scene of trauma

Trauma**

N<

N≥

Median

Q3-Q1

1

38

53

13.0

18.0

10, 11, 14

7

6

10.0

9.5

15

14

3

5.0

4.0

2

26

20

9.0

11.0

3

6

16

16.0

18.5

4

50

26

8.0

12.0

5

11

11

10.0

9.5

6

3

15

22.5

19.8

7

20

21

13.0

9.0

8

17

7

6.0

7.5

  1. *Chi-square
  2. **Injury: (1) car crash, (2) motorbike crash, (3) pedestrian-vehicle collisions, (4) falls, (5) bicycle accidents, (6) gunshots, (7) stabbings, (8) fights, (9) burns involving falls, (10) impaled, (11) electric shock with fall, (12) bites, (13) drowning after head/thoracic injury, (14) suicide, (15) non-intentional wounds