The Relationship between Injury and Socioeconomic Status in Reference to the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Sung-Kyung Kim,Hyocher Kim,Kyungsuk Lee,Hee-Tae Kang,Sung-Soo Oh,Sang Baek Ko 대한직업환경의학회 2014 대한직업환경의학회지 Vol.26 No.-

Objectives: This study aims to investigate the relationship between the total injury experience rate and socioeconomic status based on the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES). Methods: By analyzing data from the fourth KNHANES conducted from 2007 to 2009, we estimated the injury experience rate according to socioeconomic status, including the occupational characteristics of 11,837 subjects. Setting the injury experience rate as a dependent variable and socioeconomic status as an independent variable, we performed logistic regression to calculate odds ratios reflecting the likelihood of injury according to socioeconomic status while controlling for relevant covariates. Results: In 797 subjects who had injury experience over the past 1 year, 290 persons (36.4%) had a work-related injury. As their income, home value, and educational status increased, their injury experiences decreased. Among occupational groups, the craft, equipment, machine operating, and assembling workers showed the highest rate (10.6%) of injury experience, and the lowest rate (5.7%) was found in the unemployed group. After adjusting for the confounding variables, the experience of injury was significantly related to several socioeconomic factors: high income (OR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.34-0.86), high home value (OR = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.43-0.96), low education status (OR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.07-1.52), and specific occupations such as craft, equipment, machine operating, and assembling work (OR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.60-2.47), skilled agriculture, forestry and fishery work (OR = 1.43; 95% CI: 1.02-2.01), and simple labor (OR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.04-1.82). Conclusions: The injury experience rate differed depending on the socioeconomic status. A negative correlation was found between the injury experience rate and income, low home value, and education level. Moreover, a higher rate of injury experience was found in occupation groups and physical worker groups in comparison to the unemployed group and white-collar worker groups. This study would be useful in selecting appropriate priorities for injury management in Korea.

척추 골절에서 동반 손상의 정도와 양상

박훈 ( Hun Park ),송경진 ( Kyung Jin Song ),이광복 ( Kwang Bok Lee ),심주현 ( Joo Hyun Sim ) 대한골절학회 2012 대한골절학회지 Vol.25 No.3

목적: 척추골절 시 동반 손상의 양상 및 심각성 정도와의 연관성을 조사하고자 하였다. 대상 및 방법: 척추골절로 수술적 치료를 시행한 291명을 대상으로, 골절은 상경추, 하경추, 흉추, 흉요추, 요추로 분류하였고, 동반손상은 두경부, 안면부, 흉부, 복부, 사지 및 표피로 분류하였으며, Abbreviated Injury Scale과 Injury Severity Score (ISS)를 이용하여 손상의 심각성 정도를 구분하였다. 척추 골절 위치와 동반 손상 발생 및 심각성 정도의 연관성을 조사하였고, 골절 위치와 동반 손상의 유무에 따른 신경 손상의 빈도를 비교하였다. 결과: 척추골절은흉요추부 (42.3%)에서 호발하였고, 134명 (47%)에서 동반 손상이 있었다. 동반 손상 부위는 사지 (41.2%)에서 가장 높았다. 흉추부골절 (81.3%)에 비해 하경추부골절 (34.5%)시 동반 손상 발생이 적었다. 흉추부 골절 시 ISS가 평균 17.14점으로 동반손상이 가장 심하였다 (p=0.001). 신경 손상은 하경추부에서 가장 높았고, 상경추부에서 가장 낮았다 (p=0.032). 결론: 수술적 치료를 시행한 척추 골절 중 하경추부는 동반 손상의 빈도는 낮았으나, 동반 손상 발생 시 신경 손상의 가능성은 가장 높아 이 부위의 손상 시 환자의 처치에 있어서 주의를 기울일 필요가 있으며, 흉추부 골절 시에 동반손상의 심각성이 높으므로 이부 위의 골절 시 동반손상의 적절한 처치를 염두에 두어야 할 필요가 있다고 생각한다. Purpose: To examine the relationship between injury severity and patterns of associated injury in spinal fracture. Materials and Methods: From March 2004 to March 2010, a retrospective study was conducted on 291 patients who had undergone surgeries due to spinal fractures. Spinal fractures were categorized as upper cervical, lower cervical, thoracic, thoracolumbar, and lumbar region, and the severity of fracture was measured using the Abbreviated Injury Scale and Injury Severity Score (ISS). We evaluated the correlation between the fracture site and the incidence and injury severity of the associated injury, and compared the neurologic damage according to the presence/absence of the associated injury. Results: Spinal fracture occurred in the thoracic (43.5%) and lower cervical (30.0%) levels, and associated injury developed in 134 patients (47%). The area of associated injury was in the extremity (41.2%), thorax (25.5%), head, neck, and face (21.9%). Lower cervical fracture (34.5%) had a lower prevalence than thoracic (81%) and lumbar fracture (61%). The average ISS of the associated injury was 17.14 for the thoracic fracture, 12.30 for the lower cervical fracture, 8.7 for the thoracolumbar fracture and 5.69 for the lumbar fracture. Neurologic damage was highly frequent in the lower cervical fracture and included 54 patients (62.1%) and was less frequent in the upper cervical fracture, which included 7 patients (17.9%) (p=0.032). Conclusion: Although the associated injury was less frequent in the lower cervical spine among the spinal fractures that underwent surgical treatment, there was a high risk of neurologic damage in the case of associated injury; therefore, there is a need to pay special attention to patients that suffer damage in this area. In addition, since the degree of the associated injury in the thoracic and lower cervical fracture is significant, an appropriate management strategy for the associated injury must be considered.

The Relationship between Injury and Socioeconomic Status in Reference to the Fourth Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

Kim, Sung-Kyung,Kim, Hyocher,Lee, Kyungsuk,Kang, Hee-Tae,Oh, Sung-Soo,Ko, Sang Baek BioMed Central 2014 Annals of occupational and environmental medicine Vol.26 No.-

<P><B>Objectives</B></P><P>This study aims to investigate the relationship between the total injury experience rate and socioeconomic status based on the fourth Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES).</P><P><B>Methods</B></P><P>By analyzing data from the fourth KNHANES conducted from 2007 to 2009, we estimated the injury experience rate according to socioeconomic status, including the occupational characteristics of 11,837 subjects. Setting the injury experience rate as a dependent variable and socioeconomic status as an independent variable, we performed logistic regression to calculate odds ratios reflecting the likelihood of injury according to socioeconomic status while controlling for relevant covariates.</P><P><B>Results</B></P><P>In 797 subjects who had injury experience over the past 1 year, 290 persons (36.4%) had a work-related injury. As their income, home value, and educational status increased, their injury experiences decreased. Among occupational groups, the craft, equipment, machine operating, and assembling workers showed the highest rate (10.6%) of injury experience, and the lowest rate (5.7%) was found in the unemployed group. After adjusting for the confounding variables, the experience of injury was significantly related to several socioeconomic factors: high income (OR = 0.54; 95% CI: 0.34-0.86), high home value (OR = 0.65; 95% CI: 0.43-0.96), low education status (OR = 1.28; 95% CI: 1.07-1.52), and specific occupations such as craft, equipment, machine operating, and assembling work (OR = 1.99; 95% CI: 1.60-2.47), skilled agriculture, forestry and fishery work (OR = 1.43; 95% CI: 1.02-2.01), and simple labor (OR = 1.38; 95% CI: 1.04-1.82).</P><P><B>Conclusions</B></P><P>The injury experience rate differed depending on the socioeconomic status. A negative correlation was found between the injury experience rate and income, low home value, and education level. Moreover, a higher rate of injury experience was found in occupation groups and physical worker groups in comparison to the unemployed group and white-collar worker groups. This study would be useful in selecting appropriate priorities for injury management in Korea.</P>

태권도 선수들의 상해 초기대응과 치료 및 예방

왕철민(Wang chul min),김학덕(Kim hak duk) 세계태권도문화학회 2013 세계태권도문화학회지 Vol.- No.7

연구 목적 : 스포츠 상해에 대한 기본적인 개념을 바탕으로 태권도 상해에 관한 논문들과 본인의 치료 사례를 비교하여 트레이너와 재활의 필요성 및 상해 예방에 관한 기초자료를 제공하고자 한다. 연구 대상 및 연구 방법 : 선행 연구들 중 연구 목적에 맞는 비교사항들의 항목이 존재하고 빈도가 제시되어 년도별 비교를 할 수 있는 1995년에서 2010년 사이의 논문 9편을 선정하고 2011년 3월부터 2013년 2월까지 본 연구자가 치료를 실시한 선수 중 실업팀 2명, 대학팀 4명의 선수를 연구대상자로 선정하였다. 논문 9편을 년도별 정리를 한 뒤 유사한 세부항목을 대상으로 빈도 분석에 의한 백분율로 수정하여 표로 만들어 비교 사항들(상해 횟수, 초기대응, 초기대응자, 치료)에 대한 단순 비교를 실시하였으며, 본 연구자가 조사한 선수 6명에 대해 본 연구에 필요한 비교 사항들을 치료 기간동안 인터뷰를 통하여 자료를 수집하였으며 이들 인터뷰 내용을 요약, 표를 만들어 선행 논문들의 내용과 비교분석하였으며, 그에 따른 문제점과 대처방안을 살펴보았다. 결과 : 태권도 상해에서 초기대응 및 초기대응자에 대한 9편의 논문과 본인의 치료사례를 비교한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 선수들이 훈련, 경기 중 부상을 당하는 빈도가 지속적으로 높게 나타나고 있다. 2. 선수들이 부상을 당했을 때 초기 응급처치를 본인 스스로가 하는 빈도가 높다. 3. 선수들의 응급처치는 스프레이, 냉찜질 등의 사용 빈도가 높다. 4. 부상 후의 치료 또한 본인 스스로 하는 빈도가 계속적으로 높게 나타나고 있다. 결론 : 이러한 결과를 바탕으로 태권도 선수들의 부상 예방을 위한 방법과 부상 시 적절한 응급처치 및 부상관리 두 가지로 나누어서 제언하면, 첫째로 부상 예방을 위한 방법의 일환으로 운동 전후의 스트레칭 프로그램과 선택적 근력 강화 프로그램이다. 둘째로 부상 시 적절한 응급처치 및 부상 관리를 위한 프로그램으로 태권도에도 전문적인 트레이너가 존재해야 하며, 지도자나 선수들에게 상해의 위험이나 간단한 응급처치를 할 수 있도록 교육하는 프로그램이 존재, 보급되어야 할 것이며, 마지막으로 부상 후 치료를 할 때 전문적인 기관에서 치료와 재활을 받아야 할 것이다. 선수들을 위한 상해 예방 프로그램(스트레칭, 선택적 근력 강화 프로그램)과 트레이너의 육성, 그리고 상해에 대한 교육들이 한 번에 이루어 질 수 없지만 협회와 지도자들의 노력이 좋은 결과를 만들 것이며, 이러한 방법들로 상해 예방이 이루어 질 수 있다면 선수들의 경기력 향상에 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다. Study objective : wish to compare treatment case of papers and I about Taekwondo injury with basic concept for sports injury and supply basic data about injury prevention and necessity of rehabilitation with trainer. Material and method of study : The subjects of this study are item of correct comparison items and frequency exists in study purpose during precedent researches selects paper 9 directions between 2010 in 1995 that can do comparison by year and selected 4 people of 2 people of business teams between player, university teams that investigator, who see to February, 2013 from March, 2011, executes treatment player. Tabulated because correct paper 9 directions by percentage by frequency analysis to similar details after do arrangement by year and conducted simplicity comparison for comparison items (injury frequency, early correspondence, early correspondence people, treatment), this research 6 players' who question this investigator interval between curer through interview the data collect and summarizes these interview contents, makes a table Contents of virtue papers and comparative analysis do, and examined hangup and disposal plan accordingly. Result : Paper of 9 for Taekwondo injury and sequence that compare my treatment case are as following. 1. Players frequency that encounter injury between train and Kyonggi is appearing continuously high. 2. When players encountered injury, an early first-aid treatment principal done frequency high. 3. A first-aid treatment of players is high frequency of spray and forced vibration of cold pack. 4. Treatment of injury after is appearing frequency that do by principal continuously high. Conclusion : When rise with way for injury of Taekwondo players prevention with these result, if premise dividing into a suitable first-aid treatment and injury government official two, It is stretching program and selective muscular power strengthening program after exercise ago as part of way for leap prevention firstly. Secondly, when rise, special trainer should exists in Taekwondo in program for suitable casualty control and injury administration, program that educate so that can do leader or players injury's danger or simple casualty control may have to exists and is diffused, Finally, when injury after-care, players will have to undergo treatment and rehabilitation at special institution. Injury prevention program (stretching, selective muscular power strengthening program) for players and trainer's upbringing, and educations for injury can not be attained at a time, but effort of association and leaders is might make satisfactory results, and by these methods injury prevention that it is helped in game power upgrade of players if can be attained consider.

Characteristics of Pediatric and Adolescent Trauma-Database Review of Single Level Trauma Center in Gangwon Province

( Tae Han Lee ),( Pil Young Jung ),( Hye Youn Kwon ),( Hongjin Shim ),( Ji Young Jang ),( Keum Seok Bae ),( Seongyup Kim ) 대한외상학회 2017 大韓外傷學會誌 Vol.30 No.3

Purpose: Although trauma is the most common cause of death under age 18, Korean national pediatric trauma data has lack of clinical data. This study is to prepare manpower resources, equipment, and make a correct policy decision on pediatric trauma victims Methods: The study enrolled 528 patients under age 16 with traumatic injury visited Wonju Severance Christian Hostpital Trauma Center, from February 12, 2015 to December 31, 2016. We analyzed the distribution of gender, age, place and time of the accident, injury mechanism, injury severity, and injured organ by medical record. Results: The major injury mechanisms were blunt injury in 485 (91.90%), penetrating injury in 27 (5.10%), burn in 13 (2.50%), near drowning in 2 (0.40%), and foreign body ingestion in 1 (0.20%). Ninety-seven (18.4%) patients were injured at home and 67 (12.7%) patients were injured at school. The overall mortality rate was 1.13% (n=6). 5 mortalities were related to automobile accident and one was fall down. Mean Injury Severity Score (ISS) was 4 (2, 8). No statistical significance was observed in the mean ISS between each age group. The peak time of accident occurrence was between 16 and 17 o’clock. The mean ISS was higher in blunt injury group than penetrating injury with statistical significance (6.50±7.60 vs. 3.00±8.10; p<0.05). The most common injury site was upper extremity. Mean ISS was highest in thorax injury. However, mean ISS of thorax injury was higher with statistical significance only compared with face, neck and upper extremity injury. Conclusions: We reported our pediatric trauma patients data of our hospital level I trauma center, which is the only one level I trauma center of Gangwon Province. These data is useful to prevent and prepare for pediatric trauma.

광주·전남지역 65세이상 손상환자의 관련요인-퇴원손상심층조사자료를 이용하여

정연자 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회 2023 한국엔터테인먼트산업학회논문지 Vol.17 No.7

This study aims to identify the characteristics and relevant risk factors of injury patients aged 65 and older in Gwangju and Jeonnam. Out of the 1,472,865 raw data from the national hospital discharge in-depth injury survey (2017-2021) by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDA), a total of 5,839 injury patients aged over 65 residing in Gwangju and Jeonnam were selected as the final subjects for the study. The data collected was analyzed using SPSS Ver. 27.0. The research results showed a significant association in the general characteristics of injury patients aged 65 and older in the Gwangju and Jeonnam regions with respect to the year, gender, surgical status, primary diagnosis, and the method of medical expense payment. Also, there were significant differences in the length of hospital stay based on outside factors related to the intent of the injury, the place of injury occurrence, the activity at the time of injury, and the mechanism of injury. The factors that significantly influenced the length of hospital stay included: “surgery performed” in surgical status, “hip injury” in primary diagnosis, “improved” in treatment outcome, “moving” in the activity at the time of injury, “industrial accident” in the method of medical payment, “traffic accident” in the mechanism of injury, and “non-intentional” in the intent of the injury. The results are expected to serve as baseline data for reducing the occurrence rate of injury in those over 65 and the following development of relevant policies aimed at preventing and managing the injury patients in Gwangju and Jeonnam.

Joinpoint Regression About Injury Mortality and Hospitalization in Korea

Hyun Jin Park,Ui Jeong Kim,Won kyung Lee,Bohyun Park,Yoonhee Shin,Seonhwa Lee,Eunjeong Choi,Nam-eun Kim,박주옥,Hye-Sook Park 대한의학회 2022 Journal of Korean medical science Vol.37 No.3

Background: Injury is a social problem that causes health and property losses, and it is important to identify the size and trend of injury for efficient prevention and management. Therefore, this study analyzed the trends in injury mortality and hospitalization rates from 2005 to 2019 in Korea. Methods: Using mortality data by Statistics Korea and Korea National Hospital Discharge In-depth injury survey by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), age standardized rates were calculated for death and hospitalization to analyze trends and annual changes with the joinpoint regression model. In addition, annual changes in the hospitalization rate of the transport accident and fall injuries by age group were analyzed, which are the major causes of injuries. Results: From 2005 to 2019, the injury mortality rate has been on the decline, but the injury hospitalization rate has been on the rise. The annual rate of change varied depending on the injury mechanism, but the mortality rate tended to decrease or remain similar level, while the rate of hospitalization has steadily increased. In addition, by age group, injury mortality and hospitalization rates were high in the elderly. In particular, the hospitalization rate of the elderly was higher when comparing the hospitalization rate of the children in transport accidents and falls. Pedestrian transport accidents tended to decrease under the age of 15, but remained similar for those aged 65 and older, and bicycle accidents tended to increase in both groups. In addition, hospitalization rates were higher in the fall, with both groups showing a statistically significant increase in hospitalization rates caused by falls. Conclusion: This study analyzed the trend of injury mortality and hospitalization and found that transport accidents and falls may vary depending on the means or age of the accident. Since injury is a big social problem that is a burden of disease, safety education and legal sanctions for injury prevention should be further improved in the future, especially by prioritizing vulnerable groups by age and detailed mechanisms of injury.

손상의 역학과 대책

김순덕,Kim, Soon-Duck 대한예방의학회 2005 예방의학회지 Vol.38 No.2

Injury has recently become a major world-wide health problem. Injury related deaths occur in many actively working young people and produce major social and economical losses. However health related specialists do not recognize the importance of injury and there have not been many studies related to this problem. This research studied the trends of injury related research in Korea, mortality rate and prevalence rate, socio-economical losses and control in Korea and out of the country, based on literature from Korea and without such as statistical yearly reports on causes of deaths and OECD health reports, as well as WHO web sites. Studies in Korea about injury were very few, with 9 in the 1960's, 5 in the 1980's, 4 in the 1990's and 5 in 2000's. Mortality rate of injury was higher in Korea than in England, USA or Japan, especially in car accidents, suicide and falls. In Korea, the yearly trends in mortality rates were highest in car accidents but those rates are falling, suicide is steadily rising, with highest rate in 2003. Falls is in second rank with no change in rates. In 2003, the ten causes of death in Korea were suicide in 5th rank, transport accidents in 7th rank, and falls in 10th rank. Considering age groups, in the teens, transport accidents were 1st rank, in the 20's and 30's, suicide was 1st rank, and although there were some differences, falls, drowning, assault, fire were in the top 10. Prevalence rates of injury could not be known, but in 2001, according to the National Health and Nutrition Survey, lifelong injury was 10%, and yearly major injury was 1.3%, major injury for two weeks was 0.1%, and minor injury was 10%. In other foreign countries, injury has become to be recognized as a major health related problem, and much programs are being set up to reduce injury related deaths and injuries. WHO is putting much effort in prevention of violence and transport accidents, and in the USA, Canada and Europe, there are injury surveillance systems. Recently, as suicide is increasing rapidly and providing much problems, each country are managing suicide prevention programs. In Korea, Ministry of Construction and Transportation is managing and guiding the policies for prevention of transport accidents. In September of 2004, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has set up a 5 year plan of suicide prevention.

생활체육인들의 참여 빈도와 부상 정도의 관계에서 기술 수준의 매개효과 : 부상률이 가장 높은 구기종목을 중심으로

이재훈,이형찬,정하나,오유성,하민성 국민체육진흥공단 한국스포츠정책과학원 2024 체육과학연구 Vol.35 No.1

[목적] 본 연구 부상률이 높은 생활체육 종목 중 구기 종목에 참여하는 생활체육인을 대상으로 참여 빈도와 부상 정도의 관계에서 기술 수준의 매개효과를 확인하는데 목적이 있다. [방법] 본 연구는 ‘2019 스포츠 안전사고 데이터’의 원자료를 사용하여 부상률이 가장 높게 나타난 4가지 구기종목(농구, 축구, 야구/소프트볼, 족구)에 참여하는 생활체육인 총 857명의 자료를 분석하였다. 자료처리 방법은 SPSS 27.0 프로그램을 사용하여 빈도분석, 기술통계 분석, 상관관계 분석, Process macro model 4번을 실시하였다. [결과] 부상률이 가장 높은 4개의 구기종목에 참여하는 생활체육인의 참여 빈도와, 부상 정도, 기술 수준에 대한 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 모든 종목에서 생활체육인의 참여 빈도는 기술 수준에 정적 상관관계가 나타났다. 둘째, 참여 빈도는 부상 정도는 축구와 농구 종목에서만 정적 상관관계가 나타났다. 셋째, 참여 빈도와 부상 정도의 관계에서기술 수준이 매개역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 부상률이 높은 구기 종목에 참여하는 생활체육인의 운동 참여빈도가 높아짐에 따라 부상 정도에 영향을 미치게 되며, 참여 빈도와 부상 정도의 관계에서 기술 수준이 매개역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. [결론] 본 연구의 결과를 바탕으로 참여 빈도와 부상 수준의 관계뿐만 아니라, 기술 수준의 매개역할에 대한 안전교육의 필요성을 확인하였다. PURPOSE This study aimed to prove the mediator effect of skill level on participation frequency and injury level of leisure sports players with the highest injury rate. METHODS Raw data of the “2019 Sports Safety accident data” conducted by the Korea Sports Safety Foundation were used for this study. We analyzed 857 leisure sports players participating in events with the top four highest injury rates (Basketball, Soccer, Baseball/Softball, Foot Volleyball). Frequency, descriptive statistics, and correlation analyses using SPSS version 27.0 and Process macro model 4 were employed for analysis. RESULTS The results regarding participation frequency, injury severity, and skill level among recreational athletes are as follows. First, a positive correlation was established between the participation frequency of recreational athletes and their skill levels. Second, the correlation between participation frequency and injury severity was observed only in soccer and basketball. Third, skill level plays a mediating role in the relationship between participation frequency and injury level. The results indicate that as the participation frequency among leisure sports players who participate in ball sports with a high injury rate increases, this affects the degree of injury. CONCLUSIONS Skill level appears to play a mediating role in the relationship between participation frequency and injury level. Based on the results, we recommend safety education not only on the relationship between participation frequency and injury level, but also the intermediary role of skill level.

응급실을 통하여 입원한 체간부 관통상 환자에 관한 임상적인 고찰

윤순영 ( Soon Young Yun ),전영진 ( Young Jin Cheon ),원태희 ( Tae Hee Won ) 대한외상학회 2005 大韓外傷學會誌 Vol.18 No.1

Background: This study was undertaken to evaluate the clinical pattern of the patients with penetrating torso injury. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical symptoms, mechanism of injury, injury type including injured organ, and ultimate outcome of treatment. Our purpose of the study was to establish guideline of management in penetrating torso injury. Methods: This study consists of an analysis of a consecutive series of 94 patients with penetrating injury of trunk treated at one general hospital during 7year period (from January 1995 to April 2003) who was admitted through in our emergency department. All data were collected from the medical records and entered in a database for analysis on the following: age, sex, mechanism of injury, vital sign at admission, clinical outcome including hospital mortality, length of hospital stay, length of intensive care unit stay, requirement of crystalloid fluid and blood product. Results: Among 94 patients, there were 68 men and 26 women, with ages ranging from 19 to 82 years (average 38.2 years). The most frequent mechanism of injury was violence by others including rob (n=54, 57.4%) followed by suicidal attempt (n=24, 25.5%) and accidental injury (n=16, 17.0%). No injury was inflicted from gun. In 37 patients, systolic blood pressure at admission was under 90mmHg. The time interval from injury to admission, and from admission to operation was 57.8minutes and 4hour 12minutes each. Laparotomy was required in 70 patients, thoracotomy in 5 patients, and 3 patients required thoracotomy and laparotomy. Among 94 patients, an average of 1.7 organs were injured. The small bowel and colon were the organs most commonly wounded followed by liver, mesentery, pleura. Of the 94 patients, 6 died for an overall mortality rate of 6.4%, and two of them were not related with hemorrhage. The average length of hospital stay was 18.1 days, and 40 patients required ICU care. Conclusion: Of the 94 patients who were admitted from penetrating torso injury, no patient was injured from firearm. Overall mortality rate was 6.4%. In our hospital, firearm injury was relative rare