Immediate cause of death by injury type
| Immediate cause of death (n=1049) | Traffic related n=762 (73%) | Falling n=94 (9%) | Accident at work n=64 (6%) | Accident at home n=60 (6%) | Assaulted/murdered n=21 (2%) | Leisure activity n=2 (<1%) | Unknown activity n=46 (4%) | Total n=1049 (100%) |
| Brain related (n=871) | ||||||||
| Traumatic cerebral oedema | 393 (75) | 45 (9) | 28 (5) | 26 (5) | 10 (2) | 0 (0) | 21 (4) | 523 (100) |
| Brain compression | 187 (69) | 33 (12) | 16 (6) | 22 (8) | 2 (1) | 1 (<1) | 9 (3) | 270 (100) |
| Intracranial haemorrhage | 18 (82) | 2 (9) | 2 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 22 (100) |
| Cerebral oedema | 5 (71) | 0 (0) | 1 (14) | 1 (14) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (100) |
| Other and unspecified injuries of head | 34 (69) | 6 (12) | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 5 (10) | 49 (100) |
| Infection related (n=18) | ||||||||
| Septic shock | 11 (61) | 1 (6) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 2 (11) | 0 (0) | 2 (11) | 18 (100) |
| Lung related (n=11) | ||||||||
| Respiratory failure, unspecified | 6 (55) | 1 (9) | 1 (9) | 2 (18) | 1 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 11 (100) |
| Other (n=149) | ||||||||
| Hypovolemic shock | 57 (64) | 4 (4) | 10 (11) | 3 (3) | 6 (7) | 0 (0) | 9 (10) | 89 (100) |
| Postprocedural respiratory disorders, not elsewhere classified | 5 (71) | 2 (29) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 7 (100) |
| Deaths from other causes | 46 (87) | 0 (0) | 4 (8) | 2 (4) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | 0 (0) | 53 (100) |