Epidemiology of Orthopedic Fractures and Other Injuries among Inpatients Admitted due to Traffic Accidents: A 10-Year Nationwide Survey in Taiwan

Table 1

Basic characteristics of the enrolled population, 2002–2011.

Year	Male		Female		Total	Incidence*	Age-stratum distributions of the enrolled subjects (%)
	No.	(%)	No.	(%)	No.		<18 y/o	18–29 y/o	30–49 y/o	50–64 y/o	≥65 y/o
2002	35880	59.24	24265	40.06	60145	9.21	8.72	29.40	29.90	18.85	13.13
2003	35966	59.49	23971	39.65	59937	9.17	8.10	28.66	29.88	19.76	13.28
2004	40055	59.83	26646	39.80	66701	10.21	8.06	31.80	32.66	22.69	14.81
2005	39366	60.15	26075	39.85	65441	10.02	8.16	30.65	31.23	22.77	15.28
2006	39777	60.29	26197	39.71	65974	10.10	7.44	29.67	31.66	23.95	16.25
2007	38236	59.45	26079	40.55	64315	9.84	6.77	28.50	30.45	24.08	16.66
2008	38090	59.07	26393	40.93	64483	9.87	6.36	27.38	30.86	24.82	17.33
2009	36747	58.21	26386	41.79	63133	9.66	5.53	26.06	30.20	25.48	17.42
2010	39665	58.45	28196	41.55	67861	10.39	5.60	28.00	31.36	27.75	19.40
2011	44172	58.59	31224	41.41	75396	11.54	5.66	30.56	34.61	31.59	21.49

∗Incidence of traffic accidents-related admissions among all the inpatients recorded in the national health insurance data (1/100).