A comparison of results obtained by “primary diagnosis” methodology compared with selected results obtained by multiple injury profiles (MIP) using a full distribution of injury profiles
| Injured body region | Primary diagnosis | Multiple injury profiles (MIP) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency distribution | ICU (%) | Inpatient death (%) | Frequency distribution | ICU (%) | Inpatient death (%) | |||
| n | % | n | % | |||||
| 86 patients (0.4% had no diagnosis recorded). | ||||||||
| *Other combinations consists of a variety of combinations with three, four, five, and six regions involved. | ||||||||
| Total | 23823 | 100.0 | 14.3 | 3.1 | 23823 | 100.0 | ||
| Head | 8263 | 34.7 | 22.5 | 5.8 | 3036 | 12.7 | 13.1 | 3.1 |
| Face | 673 | 2.8 | 5.2 | 0.2 | 341 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| Chest | 2659 | 11.2 | 32.0 | 5.3 | 607 | 2.6 | 8.1 | 1.2 |
| Abdomen | 1186 | 5.0 | 23.0 | 5.1 | 502 | 2.1 | 7.4 | 1.4 |
| Extremities | 7512 | 31.5 | 4.6 | 0.6 | 4992 | 21.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 |
| External | 3530 | 14.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 3440 | 14.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Head and external | 1949 | 8.2 | 9.2 | 1.1 | ||||
| Extremities and external | 1656 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 0.2 | ||||
| Head and extremities | 848 | 3.5 | 23.9 | 4.5 | ||||
| Head and chest | 274 | 1.2 | 49.8 | 21.3 | ||||
| Head, chest, and extremities | 254 | 1.1 | 64.2 | 22.6 | ||||
| Other combinations* | 5924 | 24.9 | 33.8 | 7.1 | ||||