Lee Health Trauma Facts

Trauma Fast Facts

• Lee Health's Trauma Center is the only trauma center between Sarasota and Miami. It is one of 36 trauma centers in Florida.
• Nationally, trauma is the No. 1 killer for ages 1-46, with a secondary peak after the age of 65.
• The "Golden Hour" is the first hour after a patient's injury. This is the most critical period that could be the difference between life or death.
• More than 275,000 (one person every 3 minutes) people lose their lives to trauma in the United States each year. (CDC)
• Lee Health's Trauma Center cares for over 4500 traumatically injured patients each year.
• National studies show that patient mortality and morbidity is reduced by 20-25 percent when a patient is treated for traumatic injuries and is cared for in a trauma system rather than a non-trauma system.
• The average length of stay in a trauma center is less than eight days.
• Florida is divided into 19 trauma service areas, some of which have no active trauma center.
• Motor vehicle crashes make up more than 50 percent of all trauma cases in Florida.
• About 19.4 percent of patients who enter a standard emergency room are uninsured. About 15.1 percent of patients who enter a trauma center are uninsured.
• The Lee Health Trauma Center serves more than 1.5 million residents in the five county service area plus the millions of visitors to our communities every year.