Table 1 Demographics of pediatric patients presenting to a single center pediatric emergency department in 2021
Total injuries | n = 15,168 | (22% of all ED visits) |
|---|---|---|
% | ||
Gender of patients with injury | Males | 56.8 |
Females | 43.2 | |
Racial distribution of patients with injury | White | 56.7 |
Black | 41.1 | |
Hispanic | 0.4 | |
Other | 1.8 | |
Ages of patients with injury | Mean: 7 years | |
Median: 6 years | ||
Mode: 1 year | ||
Season in which injury occurred | Spring | 27.6 |
Summer | 26.2 | |
Fall | 25.3 | |
Winter | 20.9 | |
Disposition of patients with injury | Admission | 13.5 |
Discharged | 79.6 | |
Other | 6.9 | |
Length of stay for patients with injury (mean) | Admissions mean: 5.9 days | |
Discharged mean: 3.1 h | ||
Length of stay for injury admissions by age group (median) | All injured children: 2 days | |
Preschool: 1 day | ||
School-Age: 2 days | ||
Teenagers: 3 days | ||
Insurance status of patients with injury | Private insured | 40.0 |
Govt./Public Health Ins. Program | 56.9 | |
Self-pay | 3.1 |