STAR trauma and injury profile
Characteristic | n | % |
Total records | 2436 | |
Saudi nationality | 1463 | 60.1 |
Gender | ||
Male | 2074 | 85.1 |
Female | 362 | 14.9 |
Age in years at event; median (IQR) | 29 (20–44) | |
0–14 and unknown | 297 | 12.2 |
15–24 | 596 | 24.5 |
25–40 | 896 | 36.8 |
41–60 | 414 | 17.0 |
61–70 | 89 | 3.7 |
71–80 | 82 | 3.4 |
81+ | 62 | 2.5 |
Type of injury | ||
Blunt | 2230 | 91.5 |
Penetrating | 97 | 4.0 |
Burns | 81 | 3.3 |
Other | 21 | 0.9 |
Unknown | 7 | 0.3 |
Cause of injury | ||
Burns—all types | 81 | 3.3 |
Cause with systemic effect (drowning, suffocation, asphyxia and electrical injury) | 11 | 0.5 |
Falls—both high and low | 865 | 35.5 |
Motor vehicle occupants | 852 | 35.0 |
Motorcyclists | 112 | 4.6 |
Other specified external cause | 48 | 2.0 |
Pedal cyclist—rider or passenger | 7 | 0.3 |
Pedestrian | 237 | 9.7 |
Penetrating wounds including gunshots and stabbing | 97 | 4.0 |
Struck by object or person | 119 | 4.9 |
Unspecified external cause | 7 | 0.3 |
Injury Severity Score range | ||
Total records | 2219 | |
Unknown | 7 | 0.3 |
≤12 | 1734 | 78.1 |
13–25 | 401 | 18.1 |
26–40 | 64 | 2.9 |
>40 | 13 | 0.6 |
Severity of individual injuries | ||
Total injuries coded | 5829 | |
Minor or severity unknown | 565 | 9.7 |
Moderate | 3748 | 64.3 |
Serious | 1284 | 22.0 |
Severe | 152 | 2.6 |
Critical | 75 | 1.3 |
Maximal | 5 | 0.1 |
Trauma status | ||
Major | 507 | 22.8 |
Non-major | 1712 | 77.2 |
STAR, Saudi TraumA Registry.