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

Table 2

The most 50% of admitted diagnoses related to traffic incidents and their effects on the medical utilizations.

Categorical diagnoses (grouping in Table 4)	Summed cases, 2002–2011			Incidence*	Length of stay (days)		Medical costs; (US$)
	No.	Male (%)	Female (%)		mean	SD	mean	SD
Fracture of skull, intracranial injury (1)	238659	59.81%	40.19%	17.93%	7.04	8.27	1,492.67	2,793.70
Contusion with intact skin surface (15)	167465	54.81%	45.19%	12.58%	4.95	4.22	668.61	994.00
Fracture of upper limb (3)	162665	58.75%	41.25%	12.22%	5.90	5.87	1,259.51	1,736.84
Fracture of lower limb (4)	147348	60.00%	40.00%	11.07%	8.72	7.71	1,904.96	2,533.22
Superficial injury (14)	139886	61.18%	38.82%	10.51%	5.03	4.29	732.91	953.86
Open wound of head, neck, and trunk (9)	119012	66.92%	33.08%	8.94%	5.89	5.75	1,051.83	1,613.72
Fracture of spine and trunk (2)	81184	59.26%	40.74%	6.10%	8.66	8.76	1,611.04	2,818.54
Open wound of lower limb (11)	63826	60.13%	39.87%	4.79%	7.29	7.15	1,150.49	1,713.59
Certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries (20)	49623	60.86%	39.14%	3.73%	7.61	8.93	1,639.47	3,126.97
Open wound of upper limb (10)	32203	71.70%	28.30%	2.42%	5.76	5.43	988.17	1,410.63

∗The percentage of admitted diagnosis among the 20 categorical diagnoses (see Table 4) associated with injuries. The exchange rate US dollar (USD) to Taiwan dollar (TWD) is 1 : 30.