Table 1 Demographics and selected treatment factors of encounters with dog bites
From: Pediatric patients with dog bites presenting to US children’s hospitals
Variable | Encounters with dog bites |
|---|---|
Demographics | N (%) or median (IQR) N = 68,833 |
Age | |
0–4 years | 26,162 (38.0) |
5–9 years | 23,719 (34.5) |
10–14 years | 14,445 (21.0) |
15–18 years | 4507 (6.6) |
Sex | |
Male | 38,182 (55.5) |
Female | 30,629 (44.5) |
Unknown | 22 (0.0) |
Race | |
White | 44,081 (64.0) |
Black | 12,132 (17.6) |
Asian | 1125 (1.6) |
Native American | 214 (0.3) |
Pacific Islander | 118 (0.2) |
Other or more than one | 8575 (12.5) |
Missing | 2588 (3.8) |
Hispanic ethnicity | |
Hispanic or Latino | 17,395 (25.3) |
Not Hispanic or Latino | 44,374 (64.5) |
Unknown | 7064 (10.3) |
Payor type | |
Private | 25,463 (37.0) |
Public | 36,649 (53.2) |
Other/unknown | 6721 (9.8) |
Day of week | |
Sunday | 12,242 (17.8) |
Monday | 9542 (13.9) |
Tuesday | 8860 (12.9) |
Wednesday | 8527 (12.4) |
Thursday | 8682 (12.6) |
Friday | 9204 (13.4) |
Saturday | 11,776 (17.1) |
Season | |
Winter | 15,037 (21.8) |
Spring | 20,003 (29.1) |
Summer | 18,657 (27.1) |
Fall | 15,136 (22.0) |
Census region | |
Northeast | 6643 (9.7) |
Midwest | 14,376 (20.9) |
South | 29,519 (42.9) |
West | 18,295 (26.6) |
Median household income of ZIP Code, dollars | 41,344 (32,593–54,477) |
Transferred from another facility | 3097 (4.5) |
Had an ED encounter | 63,761 (92.6) |
Treatment characteristics | |
Admitted | 6653 (9.7) |
Transferred to another facility | 453 (0.7) |
Need for operating room | 5080 (7.4) |
Intensive care unit admission | 242 (0.4) |
In-hospital mortality | 5 (0.0) |