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Table 5 Relationships between types of healthcare subsidy and types of injury.

From: Socio-economic status and types of childhood injury in Alberta: a population based study

Type of Injury

Adjusted OR1

Partial or Total Subsidy

95% CI

Adjusted OR1

Treaty Status

95% CI

Adjusted OR1

Social Services

95% CI

Dislocations, sprains and strains

0.84

0.81–0.86

0.90

0.87–0.94

1.04

1.00–1.08

Superficial injury and contusions

1.00

0.97–1.02

1.20

1.15–1.24

1.35

1.30–1.41

Open wounds

0.99

0.96–1.02

1.30

1.25–1.35

1.34

1.29–1.40

Fractures

0.89

0.85–0.93

1.16

1.10–1.23

0.99

0.92–1.05

Intracranial injury

1.01

0.94–1.08

1.06

0.95–1.17

1.22

1.10–1.35

Burns

1.16

1.08–1.25

1.49

1.36–1.65

1.69

1.53–1.87

Foreign body

1.04

0.96–1.13

1.04

0.93–1.17

1.24

1.11–1.39

Poisoning

1.22

1.13–1.33

2.04

1.86–2.24

2.09

1.89–2.31

Crushing injury

1.12

1.01–1.24

1.12

0.97–1.29

1.60

1.40–1.83

Internal injury of chest, abdomen and pelvis

1.08

0.79–1.47

1.23

0.81–1.89

2.15

1.50–3.07

  1. 1 Odds ratios (OR) reported here were adjusted for age and gender. No subsidy = reference group.