Table 4 Factors associated with clinically significant dog bite injuries
From: Pediatric patients with dog bites presenting to US children’s hospitals
Variable | Not clinically significant (N = 52,331) | Clinically significant (N = 16,502) | Univariable odds of clinically significant injury | Multivariable odds of clinically significant injury aOR (95% CI) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N (%) | N (%) | OR (95% CI) | p | aOR (95% CI) | p | |
Age | ||||||
0–4 years | 17,626 (33.7) | 8536 (51.7) | 3.68 (3.35–4.05) | < 0.001 | 3.21 (2.92–3.54) | < 0.001 |
5–9 years | 18,495 (35.3) | 5224 (31.7) | 2.16 (1.96–2.38) | < 0.001 | 2.03 (1.85–2.24) | < 0.001 |
10–14 years | 12,235 (23.4) | 2210 (13.4) | 1.36 (1.23–1.51) | < 0.001 | 1.32 (1.19–1.46) | < 0.001 |
15–18 years | 3975 (7.6) | 532 (3.2) | Ref. | – | Ref. | – |
Male sex | 29,350 (56.1) | 8845 (53.6) | 0.91 (0.88–0.95) | < 0.001 | 0.96 (0.93–1.00) | 0.048 |
Race | ||||||
White | 33,306 (63.6) | 12,480 (75.6) | Ref. | – | Ref. | – |
Black | 10,439 (19.9) | 2095 (12.7) | 0.48 (0.46–0.51) | < 0.001 | 0.49 (0.46–0.52) | < 0.001 |
Other | 8586 (16.4) | 1927 (11.7) | 0.60 (0.57–0.64) | < 0.001 | 0.73 (0.68–0.77) | < 0.001 |
Hispanic or Latino | 15,817 (30.2) | 3354 (20.3) | 0.54 (0.51–0.56) | < 0.001 | 0.51 (0.48–0.54) | < 0.001 |
Payor type | ||||||
Public | 28,045 (53.6) | 8604 (52.1) | Ref. | – | Ref. | – |
Private | 19,121 (36.5) | 6342 (38.4) | 1.09 (1.05–1.14) | < 0.001 | 0.80 (0.77–0.84) | < 0.001 |
Other/unknown | 5165 (9.9) | 1556 (9.4) | 0.87 (0.82–0.93) | < 0.001 | 0.80 (0.75–0.86) | < 0.001 |
Weekday encounter | 33,926 (64.8) | 10,889 (66.0) | 1.05 (1.01–1.09) | 0.011 | 1.06 (1.02–1.10) | 0.002 |
Season | ||||||
Winter | 11,375 (21.7) | 3662 (22.2) | Ref. | – | Ref. | – |
Spring | 15,297 (29.2) | 4706 (28.5) | 0.93 (0.85–1.01) | 0.212 | 0.99 (0.94–1.04) | 0.698 |
Summer | 14,281 (27.3) | 4376 (26.5) | 0.96 (0.88–1.04) | 0.290 | 0.98 (0.93–1.04) | 0.558 |
Fall | 11,378 (21.7) | 3758 (22.8) | 1.00 (0.92–1.10) | 0.279 | 1.01 (0.96–1.07) | 0.663 |
Median household income, quartile | ||||||
First | 13,712 (26.2) | 3543 (21.5) | Ref. | – | Ref. | – |
Second | 12,828 (24.5) | 4410 (26.7) | 1.36 (1.29–1.43) | < 0.001 | 1.14 (1.08–1.21) | < 0.001 |
Third | 12,846 (24.5) | 4334 (26.3) | 1.46 (1.39–1.55) | < 0.001 | 1.15 (1.09–1.22) | < 0.001 |
Fourth | 12,945 (24.7) | 4215 (25.5) | 1.41 (1.34–1.50) | < 0.001 | 1.01 (0.95–1.07) | 0.856 |