Age, sex, duration of stay in hospital, and mortality as a function of diagnostic group
Concussion | Fracture | Lesion | |
No of patients | 126114 | 7560 | 11766 |
Median age at injury (25%–75%) | 25 (16–46) | 32 (17–55) | 38 (21–62) |
Men (%) | 60.2 | 64.6 | 68.2 |
Median days in hospital (25%–75%) | 2 (1–4) | 6 (3–12) | 20 (9–48) |
No dead before 1994 (% of total) | 13358 (10.6) | 1056 (14.0) | 2452 (21.0) |
No of suicides before 1994 (% of total) | 750 (0.59) | 46 (0.61) | 99 (0.84) |
Suicide (% men) | 68.3 | 71.7 | 77.8 |
Median years from injury to suicide (25%–75%) | 3.6 (1.4–6.7) | 3.0 (0.9–8.0) | 3.3 (1.1–6.3) |