Table 5 Analysis of characteristics associated with not completing high school for young people with an index injury hospitalisations compared to a matched comparison by grade, linked health and school performance data NSW, 2005–2018
|  | Year 11 n = 43,987 in each cohort | Year 112 n = 41,451 in each cohort | Year 123 n = 34,255 in each cohort | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | n | %4 | n | %4 | n | %4 |
No school completion | ||||||
 Injured cohort | 1723 | 3.9 | 9752 | 23.5 | 10,475 | 30.6 |
 Non-injured cohort | 991 | 2.3 | 5996 | 14.5 | 6274 | 18.3 |
| Â | Mean (median) | SD | Mean (median) | SD | Mean (median) | SD |
Time since index injury hospitalisation to school completion (months) | 65.5 (60.4) | 42.7 | 69.6 (65.0) | 43.5 | 72.9 (69.4) | 43.9 |
Characteristics | ARR5 | 95%CI | ARR5 | 95%CI | ARR5 | 95%CI |
Injury | ||||||
 No | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Yes | 2.17 | 1.73–2.72 | 1.95 | 1.78–2.14 | 1.93 | 1.78–2.08 |
Gender | ||||||
 Male | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Female | 0.91 | 0.85–0.99 | 0.81 | 0.78–0.83 | 0.85 | 0.83–0.87 |
Health condition | ||||||
 No | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Yes | 1.63 | 1.30–2.04 | 1.19 | 1.09–1.31 | 1.26 | 1.17–1.36 |
LBOTE | ||||||
 No | 1 |  | 1 |  | 1 |  |
 Yes | 0.76 | 0.54–1.06 | 0.87 | 0.76–0.99 | 0.82 | 0.71–0.92 |
 Not known | 0.59 | 0.50–0.69 | 0.66 | 0.62–0.69 | 0.69 | 0.65–0.72 |
Socioeconomic status | ||||||
 Most disadvantaged | 0.49 | 0.43–0.55 | 0.66 | 0.63–0.69 | 0.65 | 0.63–0.67 |
 2 | 0.58 | 0.52–0.66 | 0.69 | 0.66–0.72 | 0.67 | 0.65–0.70 |
 3 | 0.73 | 0.64–0.83 | 0.73 | 0.70–0.76 | 0.71 | 0.69–0.74 |
 4 | 0.80 | 0.68–0.93 | 0.78 | 0.75–0.83 | 0.78 | 0.74–0.81 |
Least disadvantaged | 1 | Â | 1 | Â | 1 | Â |
Parental education | ||||||
 High school | 0.80 | 0.58–1.10 | 0.75 | 0.66–0.86 | 0.69 | 0.61–0.79 |
 Certificate I-IV, trade, diploma | 1.73 | 1.26–2.36 | 0.90 | 0.79–1.03 | 0.82 | 0.73–0.93 |
Bachelor/higher degree | 1 | Â | 1 | Â | 1 | Â |
Not stated | 3.06 | 2.20–4.24 | 1.47 | 1.28–1.68 | 1.20 | 1.05–1.36 |