Table 3 Characteristics of children admitted to Oregon trauma hospitals for TBI, 2009–2012, by mortality outcome
From: Urban/Rural disparities in Oregon pediatric traumatic brain injury
Lived (n = 2718) | Died (n = 76) | Total (n = 2794) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | p | |
Urban/Rural location | 0.001 | |||||
Large metropolitan | 1279 | (98) | 24 | (2) | 1303 | |
Medium/small metropolitan | 676 | (98) | 16 | (2) | 692 | |
Non-metropolitan | 763 | (95) | 36 | (5) | 799 | |
Injury Severity Score | <0.0001 | |||||
≤15 (mild/moderate) | 1960 | (100) | 8 | (0) | 1968 | |
>15 (severe) | 720 | (92) | 66 | (8) | 786 | |
Missing | 38 | (95) | 2 | (5) | 40 | |
Glasgow Coma Scale score | <0.0001 | |||||
9–15 (mild/moderate) | 2280 | (100) | 3 | (0) | 2283 | |
3–8 (severe) | 82 | (78) | 23 | (22) | 105 | |
Missing | 356 | (88) | 50 | (12) | 406 | |
Gender | 0.83 | |||||
Male | 1827 | (97) | 52 | (3) | 1879 | |
Female | 891 | (97) | 24 | (3) | 915 | |
Age (years) | 0.013 | |||||
0–4 | 612 | (96) | 25 | (4) | 637 | |
5–14 | 811 | (99) | 12 | (1) | 823 | |
15–19 | 1295 | (97) | 39 | (3) | 1334 | |
Race | 0.022 | |||||
White | 1956 | (97) | 51 | (3) | 2007 | |
Non-white | 562 | (98) | 13 | (2) | 575 | |
Missing/unknown | 200 | (94) | 12 | (6) | 212 | |
Insurance status | 0.01 | |||||
Insured | 2332 | (97) | 55 | (3) | 2387 | |
Uninsured | 185 | (96) | 13 | (4) | 198 | |
Other/unknown/missing | 201 | (97) | 8 | (3) | 209 | |
Transfer status | 0.209 | |||||
Yes | 334 | (96) | 13 | (4) | 347 | |
No | 2384 | (97) | 63 | (3) | 2447 | |
Mechanism of injury | <0.0001 | |||||
Fall | 928 | (99) | 12 | (1) | 940 | |
Motor vehicle collision | 879 | (96) | 36 | (4) | 915 | |
Struck by/against | 341 | (99) | 2 | (1) | 343 | |
Firearm | 6 | (46) | 7 | (54) | 13 | |
Other, specified and unspecified | 564 | (97) | 19 | (3) | 583 | |
Hospital Levela | 0.053 | |||||
I | 1447 | (98) | 29 | (2) | 1476 | |
II | 596 | (97) | 21 | (3) | 617 | |
III | 363 | (96) | 16 | (4) | 379 | |
IV | 312 | (97) | 10 | (3) | 322 | |
Injury type | <0.0001 | |||||
Blunt | 2695 | (98) | 69 | (2) | 2764 | |
Penetrating | 13 | (65) | 7 | (35) | 20 | |
Missing | 10 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 10 | |