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Table 5 Demographic characteristics by age group

From: “Streets of Fire” revisited: contact burns

 

Age group

0–14.99

15–55.99

56–100

Pavement/asphalt/rock

 Number (%)

3 (1 )

102 (45)

120 (54)

 Age (years)

7 (1–9.5)

44 (15–55)

70 (56–97)

 Sex (male/female)

2/1

76/26

77/43

 % TBSA

1.5 (1–5)

4 (1–27)

4 (1–30)

 Hospital LOS (days)

2 (1-12)

12 (1-109)

13 (1-62)

 Hospital charges (US$)

44,600 (14,535–131,623)

14,192 (9195–5,468,380)

177,991 (8128–2,150,431)

 Hospital charges/hospital LOS (US$)

22,300

1183

13,692

 Hospital charges/% TBSA (US$)

29,733

3548

44,498

 Mortality, n(%)

0

1 (1)

12 (10)

Road rash

 Number (%)

2 (13)

11 (73)

2 (13)

 Age (years)

6 (6–7)

32 (21–47)

58 (56–59)

 Sex (male/female)

1/1

8/3

2/0

 % TBSA

6 (6–7)

10 (1–19)

4 (2–6)

 LOS (days)

7 (2–11)

10 (1–19)

15 (12–17)

 Hospital charges (US$)

105,355 (15,022–195,689)

190,616 (5717–305,053)

193,352 (192,277–194,426)

 Hospital charges/LOS (US$)

15,051

19,062

12,890

 Hospital charges/%TBSA (US$)

17,559

19,062

48,338

 Mortality, n(%)

0

0

0

MVC

 Number (%)

1 (4)

21 (78)

5 (19)

 Age (years)

14.6

27 (18–52)

58 (56–65)

 Sex (male/female)

1/0

12/9

5/0

 % TBSA

1

8 (1–19)

6 (1–9)

 Hospital LOS (days)

3

12 (1–61)

12 (5–24)

 Hospital charges (US$)

34,289

210,428 (7789–2,261,061)

244,684 (51,392–1,165,514)

 Hospital charges/hospital LOS (US$)

11,430

17,536

20,390

 Hospital charges/% TBSA (US$)

34,289

26,304

40,781

 Mortality, n(%)

0

1 (4)

0

  1. Data presented as median (range)
  2. % TBSA percent of total body surface area, LOS length of stay, ICU intensive care unit, ISS injury severity score, GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, MVC motor vehicle crash