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Table 2.

Damage type characteristics of young-old and old-old patients injury

Variable Category Young-old (n=138,645) Old-old (n=189,671) χ2/t (P)
Damage type Fracture 79,924 (57.7) 138,839 (73.2) 3,444.04 (P<0.001)
Dislocation 916 (0.7) 1,328 (0.7)
Sprain·Strain 11,908 (8.6) 6,829 (3.6)
Internal organ damage 18,351 (13.2) 20,486 (10.8)
Open wound 3,643 (2.6) 4,362 (2.3)
Traumatic amputation 419 (0.3) 379 (0.2)
Blood vessel damage 190 (0.1) 379 (0.2)
Contusion superficial damage 6,148 (4.4) 6,448 (3.4)
Crush damage 272 (0.2) 0 (0.0)
Burn 3,979 (2.9) 2,845 (1.5)
Nerve damage 295 (0.2) 0 (0.0)
Poisoning 2,513 (1.8) 3,983 (2.1)
Other 9,730 (7.0) 3,793 (2.0)
Unidentified 357 (0.3) 0 (0.0)

n (%).

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