The quantitative effect of age on injury outcome

Pike, J. A.<sup>1</sup>

Many of the changes which occur as part of the aging process may produce a diminished ability to avoid accidents, a lowered injury threshold and an increased susceptibility to the effects of injury.

This paper describes the Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) and Injury Severity Score (ISS) and applies them to examine the effect of age on injury outcome. It concludes that for the particular injury combination studied, the fatality rate for the elderly may be more than three times as high as that for the general accident population.

Year

Entry

1974

Baker SP, O'Neill B, Haddon W Jr, Long WB. The Injury Severity Score: development and potential usefulness. In: 18th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). September 12-14, 1974; Toronto, ON.58-74.

1982

Sacreste J, Brun-Cassan F, Fayon A, Tarrière C, Got C, Patel A. Proposal for a thorax tolerance level in side impacts based on 62 tests performed with cadavers having known bone condition. In: Proceedings of the 26th Stapp Car Crash Conference. October 20-21, 1982; Ann Arbor, MI. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers:155-171. SAE 821157.

1987

Marcus JH, Blodgett R. Priorities of automobile crash safety based on impairment. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). May 12-15, 1987; Washington, DC.257-269.

1985

The Abbreviated Injury Scale 1985 Revision. Arlington Heights, IL: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM); 1985.

1987

Eppinger R. On the examination of biases in the Abbreviated Injury Scale. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Technical Conference on Experimental Safety Vehicles (ESV). May 12-15, 1987; Washington, DC.253-257.