Table 1 |
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Comparison of medical and injured patient cohorts |
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| Medical Patients # 2806 |
Injured Patients # 1997 |
P-value* |
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| Demographics |
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| Age |
5.4 ± 4.8 yrs |
7.7 ± 4.4 yrs |
< 0.001 (t-test) |
| Age Groups |
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| 0 – 12 mos |
23% |
8% |
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| 1 – 4 yrs |
32% |
24% |
< 0.001 |
| 5 – 9 yrs |
23% |
36% |
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| 10 – 14 yrs |
23% |
36% |
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| Male |
57% |
56% |
0.62 |
| Race |
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| Other/Missing |
23% |
19% |
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| African- American |
4% |
4% |
0.001 |
| Hispanic |
11% |
11% |
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| White |
62% |
66% |
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| Location Type |
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| School/Church/Daycare |
12% |
15% |
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| Multi-family building |
22% |
13% |
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| Single family residence |
51% |
28% |
< 0.001 |
| Sport/Park/Recreation |
3% |
8% |
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| Public building |
8% |
7% |
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| Street/Road |
3% |
30% |
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| Disposition |
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| Died |
0.5% |
0.3% |
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| No transport |
35% |
44% |
< 0.001 |
| Transported |
64% |
56% |
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*(χ2 test except as noted) |
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Warden International Journal of Health Geographics 2008 7:51 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-7-51 |
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