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Alex · October 19th, 2010, 02:29 PM

Got it, but it sure is a weird stat. 97 percent of AIS 2 or higher injuries to the lower body were AIS 2 or AIS 3. What the heck does that mean? 100 percent of AIS 2 injuries to the lower body were AIS 2. Here's the list of what AIS means:

http://www.trauma.org/archive/scores/ais.html

AIS Score Injury
1 Minor
2 Moderate
3 Serious
4 Severe
5 Critical
6 Unsurvivable

So all that stat really means is that 97% of those that are moderate or higher turn out to be moderate or serious, meaning only 3% of lower extremity injuries are severe, critical, or unsurvivable. Read a certain way, it could be used to show that the chances of a life-threatening lower body injury is extremely unlikely in a motorcycle accident (upper-body injuries are much more likely).

October 19th, 2010, 02:29 PM	#20
Alex ninjette.org dude Name: 1 guess :-) Location: SF Bay Area Join Date: Jun 2008 Motorcycle(s): '13 Ninja 300 (white, the fastest color!), '13 R1200RT, '14 CRF250L, '12 TT-R125LE Posts: Too much. Blog Entries: 7	Got it, but it sure is a weird stat. 97 percent of AIS 2 or higher injuries to the lower body were AIS 2 or AIS 3. What the heck does that mean? 100 percent of AIS 2 injuries to the lower body were AIS 2. Here's the list of what AIS means: http://www.trauma.org/archive/scores/ais.html AIS Score Injury 1 Minor 2 Moderate 3 Serious 4 Severe 5 Critical 6 Unsurvivable So all that stat really means is that 97% of those that are moderate or higher turn out to be moderate or serious, meaning only 3% of lower extremity injuries are severe, critical, or unsurvivable. Read a certain way, it could be used to show that the chances of a life-threatening lower body injury is extremely unlikely in a motorcycle accident (upper-body injuries are much more likely). __________________________________________________ Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club / cal24.com / crf250l.org / ninjette.org ninjette.org Terms of Service Shopping for motorcycle parts or equipment? Come here first. The friendliest Ninja 250R/300/400 forum on the internet! (especially Unregistered)