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Table 3 Characteristics of hospitalized casualties aged 65+ by ethnicity and age group, 2008–2017

From: Achieving ethnic equality in the Israel trauma healthcare system: the case of the elderly population

 

Total

Ages 65–74

Ages 75–84

Ages 85+

 

Jew

N = 88,836

Arab

N = 7959

Jew

n = 23,198

Arab

n = 3725

Jew

n = 36,374

Arab

n = 2928

Jew

n = 29,264

Arab

n = 1306

Cause of injury

 Road accidents

9.2***

10.8

17.5***

14.7

8.7***

9.0

3.3

3.9

 Falls

86.8

82.0

74.1

74.1

88.2

86.6

95.0

94.3

 Othera

4.0

7.2

8.4

11.2

3.1

4.4

1.7

1.8

ISS

 Mild

36.5

36.8

47.7*

47.0

35.1***

30.2

29.6***

22.5

 Moderate

54.0

53.9

41.9

43.7

55.2

59.2

62.0

71.0

 Severe & Critical

9.5

9.3

10.4

9.3

9.7

10.6

8.4

6.5

Injured body region (AIS3+)

 Head

10.5***

8.9

10.4***

8.4

11.2

10.3

9.8**

7.3

 Face

0.1

0.1

0.3

0.1

0.1

0.03

0.1

0.1

 Thorax

3.8***

4.6

5.8

5.9

3.6

4.0

2.6

2.4

 Abdomen

0.7

0.8

1.0

0.8

0.6*

1.0

0.4

0.3

 Spine

0.9

0.8

1.3

1.0

0.9

0.7

0.7

0.6

 Upper extremity

2.5**

2.0

4.1***

2.6

2.4*

1.6

1.4

1.1

 Lower extremity

46.7*

48.0

32.2***

36.3

47.9***

54.4

56.6***

67.2

ICU (1+ days)

5.3***

6.2

6.0

5.9

5.5**

6.9

4.5

5.4

Undergone surgery

53.1***

55.0

50.3

49.7

53.0***

58.2

55.5

62.9

LOS (7+ days)

36.5***

29.4

29.9***

26.4

37.2***

32.5

40.8***

31.3

Rehabilitation

34.7***

18.0

24.7***

14.9

37.2***

20.6

39.4***

21.0

Inpatient mortality

3.2*

2.7

1.8

1.7

2.9*

3.6

4.5*

3.4

  1. aOther include: burns, violence and unintentional injury
  2. ISS Injury Severity Score, AIS Abbreviated injury score, ICU Intensive Care Unit, LOS Length of Stay in hospital
  3. *p < .05 **p < .01 ***p < .001