Table 1 Demographic and injury characteristics among combat casualties during the 2023 war versus 2014 war (%)
Variable | All (N = 1,198) | 2023 war (n = 812, 67.8%) | 2014 war (n = 386, 32.2%) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–23 | 58.0 | 49.6 | 75.7 |  < 0.001 |
24–29 | 22.0 | 26.3 | 13.0 | ||
30–35 | 12.3 | 14.7 | 7.2 | ||
36 +  | 7.7 | 9.4 | 4.1 | ||
Median (IQR) | 22 (20–28) | 24 (21–29) | 21 (20–23) |  < 0.001 | |
Gender | Male | 99.1 | 98.9 | 99.5 | 0.518 |
Penetrating injurya | 78.0 | 78.6 | 76.9 | 0.532 | |
ISSa | 1–8 | 63.2 | 61.4 | 66.9 | 0.097 |
9–14 | 19.8 | 20.0 | 19.4 | ||
16–24 | 9.0 | 9.4 | 8.3 | ||
25–75 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 5.4 | ||
Median (IQR) | 5 (3–10) | 5 (4–10) | 4 (2–9) | 0.012 | |
Body region injured | Head | 17.0 | 16.0 | 19.2 | 0.174 |
Face | 25.7 | 25.1 | 26.9 | 0.501 | |
Neck | 11.1 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 0.575 | |
Thorax | 16.3 | 18.0 | 12.7 | 0.021 | |
Abdomen | 18.8 | 20.9 | 14.2 | 0.006 | |
Spine | 3.7 | 4.4 | 2.1 | 0.042 | |
Upper extremity | 38.6 | 40.8 | 34.2 | 0.029 | |
Lower extremity | 44.9 | 44.3 | 46.1 | 0.563 | |
External | 8.3 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 0.381 | |
 > = 2 body regions | 49.7 | 51.9 | 45.1 | 0.029 | |
Traumatic brain injury | 5.3 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 0.513 | |
Vascular injury (any) | 7.3 | 8.9 | 3.9 | 0.002 | |
Vascular injury on extremity | 5.4 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 0.030 | |
Bone fracture (any) | 35.6 | 37.6 | 31.3 | 0.036 | |
Skull fracture | 8.3 | 7.1 | 10.9 | 0.029 | |