Table 3

In-hospital mortality and length of stay in the JTDB and NTDB

Unmatched patientsMatched patients
JTDB(n=22 535)NTDB(n=112 060)P valuesJTDB (n=14 960)NTDB (n=14960)P values
In-hospital mortality1721 (7.6)6823 (6.1)<0.001633 (4.2)861 (5.8)<0.001
Disposition at discharge
 Transferred10 576 (50.9)35 713 (33.5)<0.0016770 (47.3)6513 (47.0)<0.001
 Home9755 (46.9)66 358 (62.3)7233 (50.6)7268 (52.4)
 Other452 (2.2)836 (0.8)304 (2.1)83 (0.6)
Hospital length of stay (days)*18.0 (7.0–35.0)5.0 (3.0–9.0)<0.00117.0 (7.0–32.0)5.0 (3.0–8.0)<0.001
ICU stay (days)*3.0 (1.0–11.0)3.0 (2.0–7.0)<0.0012.0 (1.0–8.0)3.0 (2.0–6.0)<0.001
  • Data are presented as number (%).

  • *Median (IQR).

  • ICU, intensive care unit; JTDB, Japanese Trauma Data Bank; NTDB, National Trauma Data Bank.