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Table 1 Population characteristics for pediatric occupants aged 0–12 years with and without injury

From: Using Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) to examine injury in front vs. rear-seated infants and children involved in a motor vehicle crash in New York State

  All Ages Bivariate Analysis
n (%)
Injury No Injury p-value
Gendera    < 0.0001
 Female 2953 (5.66) 49,237 (94.34)  
 Male 2572 (4.95) 49,379 (95.05)  
Age group    < 0.0001
 0–3 1078 (3.17) 32,920 (96.83)  
 4–7 1702 (5.21) 30,948 (94.79)  
 8–12 2749 (7.30) 34,907 (92.70)  
Seating Position    < 0.0001
 Front 948 (8.46) 10,264 (91.54)  
 Rear 4581 (4.92) 88,511 (95.08)  
Child safety equipmentb    < 0.0001
 Child Restraint 1832 (3.80) 46,403 (96.02)  
 Seatbelt 3321 (6.50) 47,799 (93.50)  
 Unrestrained 185 (13.62) 1173 (86.38)  
Driver Safety Equipmentc    < 0.0001
 Restrained 5117 (5.26) 92,168(94.74)  
 Unrestrained 162 (14.50) 955(85.50)  
Airbag Deployedd    < 0.0001
 Deployed 428 (20.83) 1627 (79.17)  
 Not Deployed 4915 (4.98) 93,804 (95.02)  
Vehicle Towed    < 0.0001
 Towed 3760 (11.53)) 28,845 (88.47)  
 Not Towed 1769 (2.47) 69,930 (97.53)  
Vehicle Type    < 0.0001
 Passenger Car 2770 (6.31) 41,157 (93.69)  
 Other Vehicle 2759 (4.57) 57,618 (95.43)  
Vehicle Yeare    < 0.0001
 1970–1993 74 (7.86) 868 (92.14)  
 1994–1997 381 (9.19) 3764 (90.81)  
 1998–2004 2074 (6.69) 28,639 (93.31)  
 2005–2008 1408 (5.07) 26,378 (94.93)  
 2009 and Newer 1389 (3.87) 34,547 (96.13)  
Driver Agef    < 0.0001
 Under 25 606 (6.30) 9011 (93.70)  
 25 or Greater 4885 (5.23) 88,459 (94.77)  
  1. aGender missing (n = 163); bChild Safety Equipment missing (n = 3591); cDriver Safety Equipment missing (n = 5902); dAirbag Deployed (n = 3530); eVehicle Year (n = 4810); fDriver’s Age (n = 1343)