Table 4

Frequency and per cent distributions of first listed diagnosis by matrix cells (most general level)

	Total	Fractures	Internal	Open wound	Contusions	Burns	Sprain and strain	Dislocation	Amputations	Blood vessels	Crush	Nerves	Unspecified
Actual numbers
Israeli trauma registry data, 1997–99
Head and neck	16865	3740	9738	1417	1302	507	10	1	–	46	14	49	41
Spine and back	1284	1087	107	–	–	–	51	39	–	–	–	–	–
Torso	6296	1620	1342	753	2112	351	28	4	–	79	1	2	4
Extremities	21499	15829	–	1767	955	649	566	425	466	163	447	113	119
Other and unspecified	854	18	3	36	126	641	3	1	–	4	–	18	4
Total	46798	22294	11190	3973	4495	2148	658	470	466	292	462	182	168
US National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1998–99
Head and neck	535863	154233	225563	65327	27141	15846		689		1114	54	1845	44051
Spine and back	191264	141606	9804	–	–	–	30947	8907	–	–	–	–	–
Torso	457337	181883	172907	28739	33047	13354	13370	391		2304	29	168	11145
Extremities	1864949	1489546	–	106072	41667	44978	101781	34967	17092	7212	10046	4860	6728
Other and unspecified	86599	603	524	6629	15167	51019	2947	505		343		1149	7713
Total (excluding system-wide)	3136012	1967871	408798	206767	117022	125197	149045	45459	17092	10973	10129	8022	69637
System-wide	474809
% By body region
Israeli trauma registry data, 1997–99
Head and neck	36.0	16.8	87.0	35.7	29.0	23.6	1.5	0.2	0.0	15.8	3.0	26.9	24.4
Spine and back	2.7	4.9	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.8	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Torso	13.5	7.3	12.0	19.0	47.0	16.3	4.3	0.9	0.0	27.1	0.2	1.1	2.4
Extremities	45.9	71.0	0.0	44.5	21.2	30.2	86.0	90.4	100.0	55.8	96.8	62.1	70.8
Other and unspecified	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.9	2.8	29.8	0.5	0.2	0.0	1.4	0.0	9.9	2.4
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
US National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1998–99
Head and neck	17.1	7.8	55.2	31.6	23.2	12.7	0.0	1.5	0.0	10.2	0.5	23.0	63.3
Spine and back	6.1	7.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	20.8	19.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Torso	14.6	9.2	42.3	13.9	28.2	10.7	9.0	0.9	0.0	21.0	0.3	2.1	16.0
Extremities	59.5	75.7	0.0	51.3	35.6	35.9	68.3	76.9	100.0	65.7	99.2	60.6	9.7
Other and unspecified	2.8	0.0	0.1	3.2	13.0	40.8	2.0	1.1	0.0	3.1	0.0	14.3	11.1
System-wide (13%)
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0
% By nature of injury
Israeli trauma registry data, 1997–99
Head and neck	100.0	22.2	57.7	8.4	7.7	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.2
Spine and back	100.0	84.7	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Torso	100.0	25.7	21.3	12.0	33.5	5.6	0.4	0.1	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.1
Extremities	100.0	73.6	0.0	8.2	4.4	3.0	2.6	2.0	2.2	0.8	2.1	0.5	0.6
Other and unspecified	100.0	2.1	0.4	4.2	14.8	75.1	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	2.1	0.5
Total	100.0	47.6	23.9	8.5	9.6	4.6	1.4	1.0	1.0	0.6	1.0	0.4	0.4
US National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1998–99
Head and neck	100.0	28.8	42.1	12.2	5.1	3.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.3	8.2
Spine and back	100.0	74.0	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.2	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Torso	100.0	39.8	37.8	6.3	7.2	2.9	2.9	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	2.4
Extremities	100.0	79.9	0.0	5.7	2.2	2.4	5.5	1.9	0.9	0.4	0.5	0.3	0.4
Other and unspecified	100.0	0.7	0.6	7.7	17.5	58.9	3.4	0.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	1.3	8.9
Total (excluding system-wide)	100.0	62.8	13.0	6.6	3.7	4.0	4.8	1.4	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.3	2.2
Total (including system-wide)	100.0	54.5	11.3	5.7	3.2	3.5	4.1	1.3	0.5	0.3	0.3	0.2	1.9