Table 3

Overall mortality and associated primary injury of 99 elderly trauma patients

InjuryNo. of deaths
Subdural hemorrhage11
Skull fracture3
Cerebral laceration and contusion2
Skull fracture with intracranial injury2
Intraparenchymal hemorrhage2
Left heart failure1
Cervical fracture1
Fractured rib(s), closed1
Flail chest1
Fractured upper limb, closed1
Other intracranal injury1
Pneumothorax1
Hemothorax1
Spleen injury with open wound1
Open wound, chest1
Injury to thoracic aorta1
Burns1
Total32