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Table 1 NTDB patient characteristics in the development cohort

From: Development and validation of a pediatric model predicting trauma-related mortality

Variable

Overall

Train data (80%)

Test data (20%)

N = 693,192

Survivors

N = 546,726

Non- Survivors

N = 7,828

Survivors

N = 136,684

Non- Survivors

N = 1,957

Age

 0-4y

138,881

109,426 (20%)

1,463 (19%)

27,388 (20%)

361 (18%)

 5-9y

148,144

118,164 (22%)

721 (9.2%)

29,448 (22%)

183 (9.4%)

 10-14y

157,377

124,823 (23%)

1,169 (15%)

31,071 (23%)

297 (15%)

 15-18y

248,790

194,313 (36%)

4,475 (57%)

48,777 (36%)

1,116 (57%)

Gender

 Female

228,179

180,075 (33%)

2,327 (30%)

45,129 (33%)

585 (30%)

 Male

465,013

366,651 (67%)

5,501 (70%)

91,555 (67%)

1,372 (70%)

Glasgow coma scale

 Mild (13–15)

638,090

509,687 (93%)

585 (7.5%)

127,559 (93%)

180 (9.2%)

 Moderate (9–12)

13,845

10,965 (2.0%)

174 (2.2%)

2,682 (2.0%)

45 (2.3%)

 Severe (3–8)

41,257

26,074 (4.8%)

7,069 (90%)

6,443 (4.7%)

1,732 (89%)

Physiologic Measures

 SBP

123 (112, 135)

123 (112, 135)

108 (78, 133)

123 (112, 135)

110 (81, 136)

 Pulse

100 (85, 116)

100 (85, 116)

107 (75, 134)

100 (85, 116)

108 (74, 136)

 RR

20 (18, 24)

20 (18, 24)

16 (0, 21)

20 (18, 24)

16 (0, 21)

 Temp (C)

36.7 (36.3, 37)

36.7 (36.3, 37)

36 (35, 36.7)

36.3 (36.3, 37)

36 (35, 36.7)

Race

 White

453,239

358,319 (66%)

4,359 (56%)

89,415 (65%)

1,146 (59%)

 Black/ African American

123,332

96,763 (18%)

2,052 (26%)

24,029 (18%)

488 (25%)

 Asian

12,191

9,612 (1.8%)

130 (1.7%)

2,423 (1.8%)

26 (1.3%)

 Other

104,445

82,044 (15%)

1,287 (16%)

20,817 (15%)

297 (15%)

Mechanism

 Fall

174,992

139,533 (26%)

311 (4.0%)

35,070 (26%)

78 (4.0%)

 Natural/ environmental

5,800

4,594 (0.9%)

21 (0.3%)

1,179 (0.9%)

6 (0.4%)

 Cut/Pierce

22,627

17,991 (3.3%)

135 (1.7%)

4,469 (3.2%)

32 (1.6%)

 Fire/Flame

5,662

4,438 (0.8%)

87 (1.1%)

1,114 (0.8%)

23 (1.2%)

 Firearm

21,311

15,615 (2.9%)

1,357 (17%)

4,025 (2.9%)

314 (16%)

 Hot object/ Substance

9,433

7,568 (1.4%)

8 (< 0.1%)

1,855 (1.4%)

2 (0.1%)

 Machinery

2,335

1,848 (0.3%)

6 (< 0.1%)

478 (0.3%)

3 (0.2%)

 MVT Motorcyclist

9,549

7,535 (1.4%)

139 (1.8%)

1,842 (1.3%)

33 (1.7%)

 MVT Occupant

244,295

191,853 (35%)

3,460 (44%)

48,111 (35%)

871 (45%)

 MVT Pedal Cyclist

10,859

8,505 (1.6%)

176 (2.2%)

2,130 (1.6%)

48 (2.5%)

 MVT Pedestrian

33,574

26,141 (4.8%)

797 (10%)

6,429 (4.7%)

207 (11%)

 Overexertion

1,553

1,256 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

297 (0.2%)

0 (0%)

 Pedal cyclist, Other

28,949

23,242 (4.3%)

34 (0.4%)

5,660 (4.1%)

13 (0.7%)

 Pedestrian, Other

3,248

2,543 (0.5%)

57 (0.7%)

632 (0.5%)

16 (0.8%)

 Struck by, Against

52,151

41,402 (7.6%)

219 (2.8%)

10,471 (7.7%)

59 (3.0%)

 Transport, Other

40,169

31,950 (5.8%)

267 (3.4%)

7,878 (5.8%)

74 (3.8%)

Injury Severity Score (ISS)

5 (4,9)

5 (4,9)

29 (25, 38)

5 (4,9)

29 (25, 38)

Revised Trauma Score (RTS)

9.52 (9.52, 9.52)

9.52 (9.52, 9.52)

5.47 (4.45, 5.76)

9.52 (9.52, 9.52)

5.76 (4.89, 5.76)

  1. MVT Motor Vehicle Trauma, RR Respiratory rate, SBP Systolic blood pressure