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Table 3 Rate of multiple trauma in patients with CS-Fx. Information concerning multiple traumas was missing in 133 patients. Thus, N = 2020 patients (2153–133)

From: Epidemiology of traumatic cervical spinal fractures in a general Norwegian population

Trauma region

N (%)

2020 (100%)

Multiple trauma (any)

1075 (53.2)

Head injury1

721 (35.7)

 Mild

525 (26.0)

 Moderate

118 (5.8)

 Severe

78 (3.9)

Facial Fx

204 (10.1)

Thoracolumbar Fx

336 (16.6)

Chest injury

341 (16.9)

Abdominal injury

71 (3.5)

Pelvic Fx

72 (3.6)

Extremity Fx

225 (11.1)

  1. 1Head injury defined as either mild, moderate, or severe according to HISS (Stein and Spettell 1995)