Characteristic | Total (n = 2606) | Educational level | p-value | ||
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Low (n = 1249, 47.9%) | Middle (n = 635, 24.4%) | High (n = 722, 27.7%) | |||
Sex: Female, n (%) | 1459 (56.0) | 805 (64.5) | 300 (47.2) | 354 (49.0) | < 0.001 |
Age, mean (SD) | 63.7 (15.5) | 69.4 (12.9) | 58.8 (15.6) | 58.2 (16.2) | < 0.001 |
Comorbidity, n chronic conditions (%)a | |||||
 No | 1372 (52.6) | 576 (46.1) | 357 (56.2) | 438 (60.7) | < 0.001 |
 One | 725 (27.8) | 356 (28.5) | 181 (28.5) | 188 (26.0) | 0.454 |
 More than one | 437 (16.8) | 272 (21.8) | 84 (13.2) | 81 (11.2) | < 0.001 |
Marital status: living with partner, n (%)b | 1774 (68.1) | 782 (62.6) | 460 (72.4) | 532 (73.7) | < 0.001 |
Cause of injury | |||||
 Home and leisure | 1542 (59.2) | 826 (66.1) | 335 (52.8) | 381 (52.8) | < 0.001 |
 Traffic | 650 (24.9) | 293 (23.5) | 165 (26.0) | 192 (26.6) | 0.236 |
 Sport | 257 (9.9) | 48 (3.8) | 79 (12.4) | 130 (18.0) | < 0.001 |
 Occupational | 157 (6.0) | 82 (6.6) | 56 (8.8) | 19 (2.6) | < 0.001 |
Type of injury, n (%) | |||||
 Mild TBI | 201 (7.7) | 86 (6.9) | 51 (8.0) | 64 (8.9) | 0.268 |
 Severe TBI | 102 (3.9) | 50 (4.0) | 20 (3.1) | 32 (4.4) | 0.466 |
 Other head or facial | 211 (8.1) | 92 (7.4) | 54 (8.5) | 65 (9.0) | 0.779 |
 Spinal cord injury | 167 (6.4) | 77 (6.2) | 46 (7.2) | 44 (6.1) | 0.612 |
 Rib fracture | 98 (3.8) | 46 (3.7) | 30 (4.7) | 22 (3.0) | 0.264 |
 Other thoracic injury | 101 (3.9) | 51 (4.1) | 26 (4.1) | 24 (3.3) | 0.665 |
 Fracture upper extremity | 482 (18.5) | 234 (18.7) | 110 (17.3) | 138 (19.1) | 0.667 |
 Other injury upper extremity | 267 (10.2) | 103 (8.2) | 74 (11.7) | 90 (12.5) | 0.005 |
 Pelvic injury | 66 (2.5) | 41 (3.3) | 11 (1.7) | 14 (1.9) | 0.063 |
 Hip fracture | 265 (10.2) | 158 (12.7) | 58 (9.1) | 49 (6.8) | < 0.001 |
 Fracture of lower extremity | 368 (14.1) | 192 (15.4) | 85 (13.4) | 91 (12.6) | 0.195 |
 Other injury of lower extremity | 244 (9.4) | 106 (8.5) | 61 (9.6) | 77 (10.7) | 0.270 |
 Other | 34 (1.3) | 13 (1.0) | 9 (1.4) | 12 (1.7) | 0.483 |
Hospitalized, n (%)c | 1260 (49.7) | 668 (55.5) | 288 (46.8) | 304 (43.2) | < 0.001 |
Hospital length of stay, mean (SD)d | 5.6 (5.2) | 6.1 (5.2) | 4.9 (4.2) | 5.0 (5.8) | < 0.001 |