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Table 1 Demographic characteristics by event

From: Predictors of increasing injury severity across suspected recurrent episodes of non-accidental trauma: a retrospective cohort study

 

Event 1

Event 2

Event 3

Event 4

Event 5

Number of children

914

361

111

37

15

Male, N (%)

496 (54.27)

203 (56.23)

59 (53.15)

24 (64.86)

10 (66.67)

Lives in urban area (at first NAT), N (%)a

670 (73.46)

256 (70.91)

75 (67.57)

23 (62.16)

7 (46.67)

Age, N (%)

     

 0–6 months

291 (31.84)

29 (8.03)

1 (0.9)

1 (2.7)

1 (6.67)

 6–12 months

201 (21.99)

45 (12.47)

5 (4.5)

2 (5.41)

1 (6.67)

 12–18 months

159 (17.4)

75 (20.78)

16 (14.41)

6 (16.22)

2 (13.33)

 18–24 months

99 (10.83)

80 (22.16)

21 (18.92)

7 (18.92)

2 (13.33)

 24–30 months

69 (7.55)

52 (14.4)

34 (30.63)

21 (56.76)

9 (60)

  > 30 months

95 (10.39)

80 (22.16)

34 (30.63)

21 (56.76)

9 (60)

Percent of individuals living below poverty, median (IQR)a

19.75 (14.1, 26.6)

19.4 (14.1, 26.8)

19.7 (15.7, 26.8)

20.5 (18.2, 29.6)

19.2 (16.8, 22.5)

Dx type, N (%)

     

 Skeletal Survey

568 (62.14)

102 (28.25)

20 (18.02)

2 (5.41)

0 (0)

 Abuse Code

332 (36.32)

87 (24.1)

21 (18.92)

10 (27.03)

2 (13.33)

 Injury

730 (79.87)

308 (85.32)

97 (87.39)

33 (89.19)

15 (100)

  1. aBased on the child’s zip code at their first suspected non-accidental trauma (NAT) event and based on 5-year averages from the 2007 to 2011 American Community Survey of the US Census