Table 2Breakdown of Trauma Injuries

InjuryNumber
Open wounds5,791,800
Head823,200
Thoracic539,000
Abdominal392,000
Pelvic and genitourinary147,000
Extremities705,600
Upper extremity fractures264,600
Hand78,400
Upper leg78,000
Lower leg and foot284,200
Maxillofacial58,800
Eye400,800
Vertebral or spinal cord58,800
Ruptured eardrums891,800
Total9,800,000

Source: Notes 9 and 10.

From: Medical Supply and Demand in a Post-Nuclear-War World

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The Medical Implications of Nuclear War.
Institute of Medicine (US) Steering Committee for the Symposium on the Medical Implications of Nuclear War; Solomon F, Marston RQ, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 1986.
Copyright © 1986 by the National Academy of Sciences.

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