Acts of terror increase the demand for acute care. This article describes the pattern of injury
of terror victims hospitalized at 9 acute-care hospitals in Israel during a 15-month period of
terrorism. To characterize patients hospitalized as a result of terror injuries, we compared
terror casualties with other injuries regarding severity, outcome, and service utilization.
Using data from the National Trauma Registry, characteristics of casualties are portrayed.
During the study period, 23,048 patients were recorded, 561 of them (2.4%) were injured …