Complications and in-hospital mortality in trauma patients treated in intensive care units in the United States, 2013

Table 1 National Incidence of Intensive Care Unit Admissions after Traumatic Injury, National Trauma Data Bank, 2013

	Admissions to ICU after Trauma (95 % Confidence Interval)
Total	3.3 (3.2–3.3)
Gender
Male	4.6 (4.6–4.6)
Female	1.9 (1.9–1.9)
Age, years
18–39	4.1 (4.1–4.2)
40–59	3.6 (3.6–3.7)
60–79	4.3 (4.2–4.3)
≥80	7.8 (7.7-8.0)
Race^a
White	2.9 (2.9–2.9)
Black	3.1 (3.0–3.2)
Injury Class
Blunt	2.9 (2.8–2.9)
Penetrating	0.3 (0.2–0.3)
Other^b	0.1 (0.1–0.1)
Intention
Assault	0.4 (0.4–0.4)
Self-Harm	0.1 (0.1–0.1)
Unintentional	2.8 (2.8–2.8)
US Census Region
Northeast	2.7 (2.7–2.8)
South	2.9 (2.8–2.9)
Midwest	3.6 (3.6–3.7)
West	3.9 (3.8–3.9)

^aOther races (e.g., Native Americans, Asian-Americans, Native Hawaiians) not stratified for analysis because precise stratified information on these sub-categories was not available in the dataset
^bOther injuries includes environmental injuries (e.g., animal attack), drownings, overdoses or toxic ingestions, suffocation, exertional injuries, and unspecified injuries

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