Table 4

Percentage of patients whose revised GCS category differed from the standard GCS category, by age decile—validation set

ED GCS (%)10–1920s30s40s50s60s70s80s
3 (3.28)
4 (0.36)
5 (0.35)
6 (0.79)0.85%1.04%1.03%
7 (0.88)0.99%1.46%1.20%0.86%
8 (0.84)0.86%1.17%0.96%0.94%
9 (0.81)0.71%0.60%0.77%
10 (1.03)0.79%1.04%0.99%1.19%
11 (1.26)1.33%1.27%1.18%1.16%1.33%
12 (1.62)1.34%1.73%1.84%1.71%1.40%1.68%
13 (3.48)3.34%3.09%3.54%
14 (15.43)16.08%19.23%
15 (69.87)
Overall6.16%6.67%6.21%3.51%0.00%5.10%23.33%27.73%
  • The ‘–’ indicates the standard GCS category and revised GCS category overlapped; thus, the GCS revision did not affect patients in that combination of age decade and GCS score.

  • ED, emergency department; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale.