Table 1

Demographics, severity of injury, pretraumatic and post-traumatic circumstances and comorbidities

ExposedControl
N% (95 % CI)N% (95 % CI)
Age 18–3935 69131.9 (31.6 to 32.2)103 90831.9 (31.7 to 32.0)
40–5924 88222.2 (22.0 to 22.5)73 19822.5 (22.3 to 22.6)
60–7927 54724.6 (24.4 to 24.9)79 91724.5 (24.4 to 24.7)
79<23 82721.3 (21.0 to 21.5)68 85821.1 (21.0 to 21.3)
Sex Male65 63358.6 (58.3 to 58.9)190 60658.5 (58.3 to 58.7)
Female46 31441.4 (41.1 to 41.7)135 27541.5 (41.3 to 41.7)
Type of injury Control00.0325 881100
Mild Injury76 32968.2 (67.9 to 68.5)00.0
Fracture60815.4 (5.3 to 5.6)00.0
Extracerebral Injury16 49214.7 (14.5 to 14.9)00.0
Diffuse Cerebral Injury87787.8 (7.7 to 8.0)00.0
Focal Cerebral Injury42673.8 (3.7 to 3.9)00.0
Seizure during hospitalisation 3630.3 (0.3 to 0.4)00.0
Mechanical ventilation 13671.2 (1.2 to 1.3)270.0 (0.0 to 0.0)
Stroke 21 42919.1 (18.9 to 19.4)33 61410.3 (10.2 to 10.4)
Cerebral infection 13151.2 (1.1 to 1.2)20640.6 (0.6 to 0.7)
Tumour 14331.3 (1.2 to 1.3)28440.9 (0.8 to 0.9)