Table 2 Injury characteristics of reinjured and non-reinjured children injured by assaults
From: Characteristics and neighborhood-level opportunity of assault-injured children in Milwaukee
Total cohort N = 1224 | Reinjured cohort N = 52 | Non-reinjured cohort N = 1172 | Significance (P value) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mechanism of injury, N (%) | ||||
Firearm | 136 (11.1) | 6 (11.5) | 130 (11.1) | 0.72 |
Cut/pierce | 70 (5.7) | 1 (1.9) | 69 (5.9) | |
Burn | 10 (0.8) | 0 (0.0) | 10 (0.9) | |
Struck | 652 (53.3) | 30 (57.7) | 622 (53.1) | |
Other | 349 (28.5) | 14 (26.9) | 335 (28.6) | |
Missing | 7 (0.6) | 1 (1.9) | 6 (0.5) | |
Injury Severity Score, N (%) | ||||
< 15 | 1007 (82.3) | 46 (88.5) | 961 (82.0) | 0.48 |
16–25 | 100 (8.2) | 3 (5.8) | 97 (8.3) | |
> 25 | 117 (9.6) | 3 (5.8) | 114 (9.7) | |