Table 5

Body Regions Injured in Patients Treated at Level I Trauma Centres in Quebec During the Study Period

Body regionPatients, no. (and %)
n = 46 014*
Head, neck, spine9 337 (20.3)
Face6 992 (15.2)
Thorax5 172 (11.2)
Abdomen3 662 (8.0)
Extremity20 851 (45.3)
  • * Many patients had multiple injuries to a single body region as well as injury to several body regions.