Table 1

Age, sex, duration of stay in hospital, and mortality as a function of diagnostic group

Concussion Fracture Lesion
No of patients126114756011766
Median age at injury (25%–75%)25 (16–46)32 (17–55)38 (21–62)
Men (%)60.264.668.2
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)68.371.777.8
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)