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Table 1 Participant demographics by sports- and non-sports-related concussions, sex, and age, from pre- to post-law period, 2008–2016

From: Sports and non-sports-related concussions among Medicaid-insured children: health care utilization before and after Ohio’s concussion law

 

Pre-law

Post-law

Overall

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

P-Valueb

Total

2742 (44.5)

3415 (55.5)

6157 (100)

 

Sexa

      

0.982

 Male

1751

(64.1)

2187

(64.0)

3938

(64.0)

 

 Female

982

(35.9)

1228

(36.0)

2210

(36.0)

 

Age at first visit

      

< 0.0001

  < 5

546

(19.9)

421

(12.3)

967

(15.7)

 

 5–9

484

(17.7)

630

(18.5)

1114

(18.1)

 

 10–14

879

(32.1)

1274

(37.3)

2153

(35.0)

 

 15–18

833

(30.3)

1090

(31.9)

1923

(31.2)

 

Sports-Related

726 (39.9)

1095 (60.1)

1821 (29.6)

 

Sex

      

0.172

 Male

583

(80.3)

850

(77.6)

1433

(78.7)

 

 Female

143

(19.7)

245

(22.4)

388

(21.3)

 

Age at first visit

      

0.012

  < 5

24

(3.3)

13

(1.2)

37

(2.0)

 

 5–9

97

(13.4)

156

(14.2)

253

(13.9)

 

 10–14

359

(49.4)

573

(52.3)

932

(51.2)

 

 15–18

246

(33.9)

353

(32.2)

599

(32.9)

 

Non-Sports-Related

2016 (46.5)

2320 (53.5)

4336 (70.4)

 

Sexa

      

0.706

 Male

1168

(58.2)

1.337

(57.6)

2505

(57.9)

 

 Female

839

(41.8)

983

(42.4)

1822

(42.1)

 

Age at first visit

      

< 0.0001

  < 5

522

(25.9)

408

(17.6)

930

(21.4)

 

 5–9

387

(19.2)

474

(20.4)

861

(19.9)

 

 10–14

520

(25.8)

701

(30.2)

1221

(28.2)

 

 15–18

587

(29.1)

737

(31.8)

1324

(30.5)

 
  1. a There are 9 injuries with missing sex
  2. bP-values based on chi-square tests of the distribution of sex and age across the law period