Associations of Distance to Trauma Care, Community Income, and Neighborhood Median Age With Rates of Injury Mortality

Importance

Rural, low-income, and historically underrepresented minority communities face substantial barriers to trauma care and experience high injury incidence and mortality rates. Characteristics of injury incident locations may contribute to poor injury outcomes.

Objective

To examine the association of injury scene characteristics with injury mortality.

Design, Setting, and Participants

In this cross-sectional...