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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)