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Table 1 Comparison of medical and injured patient cohorts

From: Comparison of Poisson and Bernoulli spatial cluster analyses of pediatric injuries in a fire district

 

Medical Patients # 2806

Injured Patients # 1997

P-value*

Demographics

   

   Age

5.4 ± 4.8 yrs

7.7 ± 4.4 yrs

< 0.001 (t-test)

   Age Groups

   

0 – 12 mos

23%

8%

 

1 – 4 yrs

32%

24%

< 0.001

5 – 9 yrs

23%

36%

 

10 – 14 yrs

23%

36%

 

   Male

57%

56%

0.62

   Race

   

Other/Missing

23%

19%

 

African- American

4%

4%

0.001

Hispanic

11%

11%

 

White

62%

66%

 

Location Type

   

   School/Church/Daycare

12%

15%

 

   Multi-family building

22%

13%

 

   Single family residence

51%

28%

< 0.001

   Sport/Park/Recreation

3%

8%

 

   Public building

8%

7%

 

   Street/Road

3%

30%

 

Disposition

   

   Died

0.5%

0.3%

 

   No transport

35%

44%

< 0.001

   Transported

64%

56%

 
  1. *(χ2 test except as noted)