Table 4

Disagreement between the automated algorithm and the gold standard overall and by age, nature, body region and external cause of injury

Key eventsReadmissions (gold standard)Disagreement
nn%n%95% CI
Total200020010.0432.21.6 to 2.9
Age (years)
 0–143894010.361.50.6 to 3.3
 15–24410389.3122.91.5 to 5.1
 25–647988310.4151.91.1 to 3.1
 65–79197168.131.50.3 to 4.4
 80 or above2062311.273.41.4 to 6.9
Nature of injury
 Fracture83311313.6232.81.8 to 4.1
 Dislocation5758.847.01.9 to 17.0
 Internal organ injury1451913.100.00.0 to 2.5
 Open wound240197.941.70.4 to 4.2
 Amputation21314.314.80.1 to 23.8
 Blood vessel900.000.00.0 to 33.6
 Superficial and contusion9844.111.00.0 to 5.6
 Crushing200.000.00.0 to 84.2
 Burn35617.100.00.0 to 10.0
 Effects of foreign body entering orifice3126.526.50.8 to 21.4
 Other effects of external causes500.000.00.0 to 52.2
 Poisoning14221.410.70.0 to 3.9
 Toxic effects2500.000.00.0 to 13.7
 Multiple injuries2150.000.00.0 to 84.2
 Other specified injury245208.252.00.7 to 4.7
 Unspecified injury8444.822.40.3 to 8.3
 Not applicable2627.700.00.0 to 13.2
Body region
 Extremities116213111.3292.51.7 to 3.6
 Head and neck394317.9112.81.4 to 4.9
 Spine and upper back791417.722.50.3 to 8.9
 Torso1662012.000.00.0 to 2.2
 Unspecified19942.010.50.0 to 2.8
External cause
 Unintentional transport
  Motor vehicle crashes2062411.794.42.0 to 8.1
  Other land transport crashes1371913.910.70.0 to 4.0
  Other transport crashes10110.000.00.0 to 30.8
 Unintentional non-transport
  Falls7598511.2162.11.2 to 3.4
  Other causes639558.6132.01.1 to 3.5
 Intentional self harm12943.121.60.2 to 5.5
 Assault991111.111.00.0 to 5.5
 Undetermined intent900.000.00.0 to 33.6
 Legal intervention0
 Medical and surgical1100.000.00.0 to 28.5
 Sequelae11100.01100.02.5 to 100.0