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Table 1 Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) liquid nicotine-related injuries treated in emergency departments in the United States in 2018 in children under age 5

From: Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) liquid nicotine exposure in young children presenting to US emergency departments, 2018

Characteristics

Unweighted N

N (%)

All

26

885 (95% CI: 397–1374)a

Age

 Younger than age 2 years

17

526 (59.4)

 Ages 2–4 years

9

359 (40.6)

Sex

 Male

15

267 (30.1)

 Female

11

618 (69.9)

Race

 White

15

552 (62.3)

 Other/not stated

11

333 (37.7)

Disposition

 Treated and admitted to a hospital

2

10 (1.1)

 Treated and released

23

797 (90.0)

 Left without being seen

1

78 (8.9)

Location

 Home

21

847 (95.7)

 Not stated

5

38 (4.3)

Route of exposure

 Ingestion

25

880 (99.4)

 Other/not stated

1

5 (0.56)

  1. aCPSC considers the estimates to be unstable if (1) the estimate is less than 1200; (2) the number of records used is less than 20; or (3) the coefficient of variation is greater than 33%