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Table 1. Trauma Cases, 1999 – 20031999 2000 2003Total discharges 74,275 76,642 86,203Gender (%)Female 42.9 42.7 46.2Male 57.1 57.3 53.8Age (%)Children 0-17 15.6 15.1 15.3Adults 18 – 64 58.3 58.6 55.9Elderly 65 and older 26.1 26.4 28.7Race (%)American Indian/ .2 .1 .1Eskimo/AleutBlack (non-Hispanic) 10.5 10.4 9.6White (non-Hispanic) 58.4 58.5 60.0Hispanic 24.7 24.8 26.0Asian/Pacific .8 .8 .7IslanderOther 3.9 5.4 5.1Payment Source (%)Commercial36.5 36.1 32.9InsuranceMedicare 25.3 25.8 30.2Medicaid 8.8 8.4 11.5Other Government .3 .3 .3Other Private 6.4 6.4 5.0Uninsured/Self-pay 16.7 15.6 15.3Other 5.6 6.9 4.6Source: Texas Health Care Information Council, Hospital Discharge Survey xThe Injury Severity Score (ISS) is used to measure the severity of the patient’s injury.Table 2 shows the distribution of admissions by severity and outcome. Most cases fall in the 1-15 range of severity with 8-9% per year hospitalized for major trauma (ISS>15). Thepercentage of major trauma cases did not change over the period. Over 70% of all patientstreated were discharged home or to self-care expecting a full recovery. Approximately a fourthof the patients were transferred to another facility where their condition upon discharge isunknown. Only 2-3 % died before discharge or were discharged to hospice care.G-7

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