Table 1 Demographics for children with sport versus non-sport traumatic brain injury
Sport (n = 3763) | Non-Sport (n = 9528) | p-value sport versus non-sport | |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | < 0.001 | ||
5–9 years | 644 (17.1%) | 4335 (45.5%) | |
10–14 years | 1832 (48.7%) | 3276 (34.4%) | |
15–18 years | 1287 (34.2%) | 1917 (20.1%) | |
Gender | < 0.001 | ||
Male | 2746 (73.0%) | 5951 (62.5%) | |
Race | < 0.001 | ||
African American | 596 (15.8%) | 2612 (27.4%) | |
Caucasian | 2934 (78.0%) | 6282 (65.9%) | |
Other | 226 (6.0%) | 620 (6.5%) | |
Unknown | 7 (0.2%) | 14 (0.1%) | |
Insurance | < 0.001 | ||
Medicare/Medicaid | 407 (10.8%) | 2672 (28.0%) | |
Private | 3183 (84.6%) | 6102 (64.0%) | |
Self-Pay | 68 (1.8%) | 198 (2.1%) | |
Other/Unknown | 105 (2.8%) | 556 (5.9%) | |
Emergency Department Disposition | |||
Admission | 361 (9.6%) | 1409 (14.8%) | < 0.001 |
Death | 0 (0.0%) | 29 (0.3%) | |
Home | 3402 (90.4%) | 8090 (84.9%) | |
Hospital Disposition | (n = 361) | (n = 1438) | 0.002 |
Death | 0 (0.0%) | 29 (2.0%) | |
Home | 361 (100%) | 1409 (98.0%) | |