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Table 2 Hospitalizations due to road traffic injuries (ISS 16+): Demographic and injury characteristics by ethnic group

From: Inequality in in-hospital mortality due to road traffic accident between ethnic populations in specified groups living in the same country

Variable a,b

Total (N = 11,523, 100%)

Arabs (n = 3372, 29.3%)

Jews (n = 8151, 70.7%)

p-valuec

%

%

%

 

Age (year)

p < 0.0001

 0–14

14.2

25.5

9.6

 15–24

24.5

35.4

20.0

 25–44

24.5

22.9

25.1

 45–64

19.4

10.6

23.1

 65+

17.4

5.6

22.3

Gender

p < 0.0001

 Male

73.7

81.2

70.7

Type of road user

p < 0.0001

 Car Driver

22.7

28.2

20.4

 Car passenger

16.9

21.4

15.1

 Motorcyclist

16.2

8.8

19.2

 Bicycle rider

11.2

9.1

12.1

 Pedestrian

27.6

26.4

28.1

 Undefined transport category

0.8

1.3

0.6

 Other road usersd

4.6

4.8

4.4

Injury type

P = 0.0004

 Penetrating

0.6

1.0

0.5

ISS

p < 0.0001

 16–24

54.3

49.5

56.2

 25–49

41.0

45.0

39.3

 50–75

4.8

5.5

4.5

Injured body region

 Head and neck (yes)

67.3

70.9

65.8

p < 0.0001

 Spine and back (yes)

30.8

30.3

31.0

P = 0.5017

 Torso (yes)

73.8

75.8

72.9

P = 0.0012

 Extremities (yes)

52.1

52.3

52.1

P = 0.7788

 System-wide/Unspecified (yes)

1.8

2.2

1.6

P = 0.0231

Number of injured body region(s)

p < 0.0001

 Single

25.6

23.0

26.7

 Multiple

74.4

77.0

73.3

TBI

P < 0.0001

 Isolated TBI

14.6

12.8

15.4

 TBI+

33.2

35.6

32.2

 No TBI

52.2

51.6

52.5

  1. aAbbreviations: ISS injury severity score, AIS abbreviated injury scale, TBI traumatic brain injury
  2. bThere were no missing data for the variables displayed except for gender 2 (0.017%) and injury type 1 (0.009%),
  3. cDetermined using x2-tests
  4. dOthers included users of all-terrain vehicles, scooters, animal riders