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Table 2 Characteristics of children admitted to Oregon trauma hospitals for TBI, 2009–2012, by urban/rural location

From: Urban/Rural disparities in Oregon pediatric traumatic brain injury

 

Large metropolitan (n = 1303)

Small/medium metropolitan (n = 692)

Non-metropolitan (n = 799)

Total (n = 2794)

 

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

p

Injury Severity Score

       

<0.0001

 ≤15 (mild/moderate)

984

(76)

477

(69)

507

(63)

1968

 

 >15 (severe)

316

(24)

198

(29)

272

(34)

786

 

 Missing

3

(0)

17

(2)

20

(3)

40

 

Glasgow Coma Scale score

       

<0.0001

 9–15 (mild/moderate)

1161

(89)

496

(72)

626

(78)

2283

 

 3–8 (severe)

42

(3)

34

(5)

29

(4)

105

 

 Missing

100

(8)

162

(23)

144

(18)

406

 

Gender

       

0.97

 Male

879

(67)

463

(67)

537

(67)

1879

 

 Female

424

(33)

229

(33)

262

(33)

915

 

Age (years)

       

0.02

 0–4

325

(25)

163

(24)

149

(19)

637

 

 5–14

380

(29)

203

(29)

240

(30)

823

 

 15–19

598

(46)

326

(47)

410

(51)

1334

 

Race

       

<0.0001

 White

891

(68)

538

(78)

578

(72)

2007

 

 Non-white

348

(27)

136

(20)

91

(11)

575

 

 Missing/unknown

64

(5)

18

(3)

130

(16)

212

 

Insurance status

       

<0.0001

 Insured

1197

(92)

579

(84)

611

(76)

2387

 

 Uninsured

84

(7)

52

(8)

62

(8)

198

 

 Other/unknown/missing

22

(2)

61

(9)

126

(16)

209

 

Transfer status

       

<0.0001

 Yes

23

(2)

129

(19)

195

(24)

347

 

 No

1280

(98)

563

(81)

604

(76)

2447

 

Mechanism of injury

       

<0.0001

 Fall

509

(39)

204

(29)

227

(28)

940

 

 Motor vehicle collision

367

(28)

250

(36)

298

(37)

915

 

 Struck by/against

188

(14)

80

(12)

75

(9)

343

 

 Firearm

7

(0)

3

(0)

3

(<1)

13

 

 Other, specified and unspecified

232

(18)

155

(22)

196

(25)

583

 

Hospital Levela

       

<0.0001

 I

1251

(96)

76

(11)

149

(19)

1476

 

 II

5

(0)

401

(58)

211

(26)

617

 

 III

1

(0)

129

(19)

249

(31)

379

 

 IV

46

(4)

86

(12)

190

(24)

322

 
  1. TBI traumatic brain injury
  2. a Hospital level refers to the level of trauma hospital to which a patient initially presented