Table 4

Distribution of sex, age and disposition for persons with multiple injury versus isolated injury, 2004

CharacteristicMultiple injuryIsolated injuryp Value
Total13580441535582
Sex
    Male634296 (47%)684529 (45%)<0.001
    Female723748 (53%)851053 (55%)
Age (years)
    0–1470458 (5%)147893 (10%)<0.001
    15–34697816 (51%)732258 (48%)
    35–54402972 (30%)432982 (28%)
    55+186934 (14%)222468 (14%)
Disposition
    Treated/released1124358 (92%)1462368 (95%)<0.001
    Hospitalised113822 (8%)73233 (5%)
  • “Multiple injury” is defined as a person who was treated for two or more injuries in the ED record.