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Table 2 Violence-related hospitalizations 2008–2017: Injured body region, hospital resource utilization and in-hospital mortality by ethnic group

From: Minorities and foreign born are disproportionately affected by injuries due to violence: an analysis based on a National Trauma Registry 2008–2017

Variable

Total

(N = 16,151)

AI

(46.1%)

IBE

(3.2%)

IBFSU

(12.7%)

AOI

(38.0%)

p-valuea

Injury severity score (ISS16+)

13.4

13.4

19.4

15.6

12.1

< 0.0001

Penetrating injury

48.8

57.1

46.0

38.5

42.3

< 0.0001

Injured body regionb

 Head

30.5

29.2

38.7

37.6

29.0

< 0.0001

 Face

28.0

22.7

36.2

40.3

29.5

< 0.0001

 Neck

4.1

3.4

6.5

4.5

4.7

< 0.0001

 Thorax

22.1

22.6

20.5

22.3

21.6

NS

 Abdomen

24.1

24.5

24.7

21.6

24.3

0.0496

 Spine

2.0

2.0

0.8

2.1

2.0

NS

 Upper extremity

20.4

22.5

15.1

17.1

19.5

< 0.0001

 Lower extremity

21.1

26.3

10.1

13.8

18.1

< 0.0001

 External

1.8

1.4

0.8

1.7

2.5

< 0.0001

 Multiple Injuries

38.1

38.3

39.3

42.9

36.1

< 0.0001

Traumatic brain injury

8.9

7.8

16.5

13.9

7.9

< 0.0001

Treated in trauma resuscitation unit

37.0

41.0

40.8

33.5

33.0

< 0.0001

Admission to ICU

10.2

10.7

17.4

9.2

9.3

< 0.0001

Underwent surgery

33.1

33.3

32.6

33.1

32.8

NS

Hospital LOS (7 days or more)

16.3

16.7

19.9

16.3

15.6

< 0.05

Hospital LOS (14 days or more)

5.3

5.6

6.5

4.4

5.2

NS

Died in hospital

1.6

1.8

1.5

1.1

1.5

NS

  1. Abbreviations: AI Arab Israelis, IBE Israelis Born in Ethiopia, IBFSU Israelis Born in former Soviet Union, AOI All other Israelis, ICU intensive care unit, LOS length of stay
  2. aP-values were determined by X2 test (NS = non-significant, i.e. P > 0.05)
  3. bNote that a patient could sustain injury to more than one body region