Table 3

Injury Severity Score (ISS) and Survival by Year for Patients Treated at Level I Trauma Centres in Quebec During the Study Period (Apr. 1,1993–Mar. 31, 2000)

ISS/survivalYear
19931994199519961997199819992000
ISS
 Mean9.9810.6211.1211.9610.9910.8511.589.93
 Median9.009.009.009.009.009.009.009.00
 Mode8.889.629.9410.7110.129.719.879.15
Survival, no. (and %)
 Alive1325 (96.9)3204 (96.7)3702 (95.5)3991 (94.9)4913 (95.3)5659 (95.6)4838 (96.0)774 (97.1)
 Dead42 (3.1)109 (3.3)173 (4.5)215 (5.1)242 (4.7)259 (4.4)200 (4.0)23 (2.9)