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Table 3 Frequency and proportion of Abbreviated Injury Scale 2+ injuries by detailed body regionsb and drowning

From: Characterization of fatal injuries in oil and gas industry-related helicopter accidents in the Gulf of Mexico, 2004–2014

Detailed body group

Non-drowning

% (column)

Drowning

% (column)

All

% (column)

Head, nerves

4

1.9

1

2.0

5

1.9

Basilar skull fx

4

1.9

0

0.0

4

1.5

Vault skull fx

3

1.5

0

0.0

3

1.1

Brain, severe

7

3.4

3

5.9

10

3.7

Brain, moderate

6

2.9

9

17.6

15

5.6

Facial fx

1

0.5

0

0.0

1

0.4

Neck, non-spine

1

0.5

0

0.0

1

0.4

Thorax, skeletal

25

12.1

11

21.6

36

13.3

Thorax, organ

51

24.8

11

21.6

62

23.0

Abdomen, tissue

2

1.0

0

0.0

2

0.7

Abdomen, organs

24

11.7

2

3.9

26

9.6

C-spine

4

1.9

3

5.9

7

2.6

T-spine

5

2.4

2

3.9

7

2.6

L-spine

1

0.5

3

5.9

4

1.5

Upper ext, tissues

2

1.0

1

2.0

3

1.1

Shoulder

7

3.4

0

0.0

7

2.6

Arm

11

5.3

0

0.0

11

4.1

Pelvis

8

3.9

2

3.9

10

3.7

Thigh

3

1.5

1

2.0

4

1.5

Knee complex

0

0.0

1

2.0

1

0.4

Leg

19

9.2

1

2.0

20

7.4

Ankle/foot

13

6.3

0

0.0

13

4.8

Lower ext, tissues

3

1.5

0

0.0

3

1.1

Burns

2

1.0

0

0.0

2

0.7

Total

206

100.1a

51

100.0

257

100.0

  1. aPercentages do not add to 100.0 because of rounding
  2. bDetailed body region categories based on Forman et al. 2019