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Table 1 Patient Demographics and Injury Characteristics by Race

From: US children of minority race are less likely to be admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit after traumatic injury, a retrospective analysis of a single pediatric trauma center

 

Entire Cohort n = 654

Minority Children n = 361

White Children n = 293

p-value

Age (years)*

8.0 [4.0–13.0]

8.4 [4.0–13.0]

8.0 [3.5–12.5]

p = 0.027

Gender (male)

434 (66.4%)

193 (65.9%)

241 (66.8%)

p = 0.876

Estimated Household Income Below Poverty Level (yes)

165 (25.3%)

152 (42.1%)

13 (4.4%)

p < 0.001

Trauma Activation (full)

102 (15.6%)

67 (18.6%)

35 (11.9%)

p = 0.027

Trauma Type

   

p < 0.001

 Blunt

589 (90.1%)

308 (85.3%)

281 (95.9%)

 

 Penetrating

62 (9.5%)

50 (13.9%)

12 (4.1%)

 

 Thermal

3 (0.5%)

3 (0.8%)

0 (0.0%)

 

Intentional Trauma (yes)

77 (11.8%)

64 (17.7%)

13 (4.4%)

p < 0.001

ISS#

4 [1–9]

2 [1–9]

5 [1–10]

p < 0.001

GCS$

15 [15–15]

15 [15–15]

15 [15–15]

p = 0.917

Mechanism of Injury^

   

p < 0.001

 Pedestrian**

172 (26.3%)

133 (36.9%)

39 (13.3%)

 

 Motor Vehicle Accident

125 (19.1%)

65 (18.0%)

60 (20.5%)

 

 Fall (estimated < 10 ft)**

82 (12.5%)

27 (7.5%)

55 (18.8%)

 

 Gunshot Wound**

57 (8.7%)

50 (13.9%)

7 (2.4%)

 

 Fall (estimated > 10 ft)

54 (8.3%)

31 (8.6%)

23 (7.8%)

 

 Recreational Vehicle

50 (7.6%)

6 (1.7%)

44 (15.0%)

 

 Sports**

48 (7.3%)

14 (3.9%)

34 (11.6%)

 

 Assault

29 (4.4%)

19 (5.3%)

10 (3.4%)

 

 Other

31 (4.7%)

12 (3.3%)

19 (6.5%)

 
  1. Abbreviations and Definitions: ISS injury severity score, GCS Glasgow Coma Score, “Minority” defined as Black (n = 338), Hispanic ethnicity (n = 10), Native American (n = 1) or “other” (n = 12) race; “Below Poverty Level” defined as living in a ZIP code where the estimated median annual household income for a family of 4 is less than the 2014 federal poverty level (<$23,850); “Other” mechanism of injury included 9 subjects injured by a horse, 8 injured with a projectile (excluding bullets), 6 stabbing injuries, 5 crush injuries, 2 burn injuries, and 1 dog bite; *2 subjects with missing age data; #6 subjects with unknown ISS; $6 subjects with unknown GCS; ^6 subjects with unknown injury mechanism; **mechanism of injury categories found to be different (p < 0.05) in post-hoc analyses; data presented as median [interquartile range] or n (%)