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. 2024 Jul 24;16(7):e65312. doi: 10.7759/cureus.65312

Table 1. Number and proportions (%) according to host and environment factors in 157 children with injuries admitted to the critical care unit, Navi Mumbai, India.

The total column uses 157 as the denominator and the other % are for row total except for total (which is column percentage)

Characteristics Total Poisoning Bites Falls Road traffic accidents Others P-value
  N (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)  
All children 157 (100) 34 (21.7) 56 (35.7) 38 (24.2) 19 (12.1) 10 (6.4)  
Host factors              
1 month - 12 months 7 (4.5) 1 (14.3) 3 (42.9) 3 (42.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) <0.001
>12 months - 5 years 91 (57.7) 28 (30.8) 18 (19.8) 25 (27.5) 11 (12.1) 9 (9.9)  
>5 years - 12 years 59 (37.6) 5 (8.5) 35 (59.3) 10 (16.9) 8 (13.6) 1 (1.7)  
Sex              
Female 65 (41.4) 18 (27.7) 18 (27.7) 14 (21.5) 9 (13.8) 6 (9.2) 0.21
Male 92 (58.6) 16 (17.4) 38 (41.3) 24 (26.1) 10 (10.9) 4 (4.4)  
Socio-economic class              
Lower middle 7 (4.5) 4 (57.1) 1 (14.3) 1 (14.3) 0 (0) 1 (14.3) 0.001
Upper lower 109 (69.4) 18 (16.5) 32 (29.4) 34 (31.2) 17 (15.6) 8 (7.3)  
Lower 41 (26.1) 12 (29.3) 23 (56.1) 3 (7.3) 2 (4.9) 4 (9.1)  
Environment factors              
Time of injury              
Morning 59 (37.6) 18 (30.5) 15 (25.4) 19 (32.2) 3 (5.1) 4 (6.8) 0.031
Evening 84 (53.5) 14 (16.7) 32 (38.1) 18 (21.4) 14 (16.7) 6 (7.1)  
Night 14 (9.0) 2 (14.3) 9 (64.3) 1 (7.1) 2 (14.3) 0 (0)  
Day of week              
Weekday 116 (73.9) 27 (23.3) 40 (34.5) 27 (23.3) 16 (13.8) 6 (5.2) 0.58
Weekend 41 (26.1) 7 (17.1) 16 (39.0) 11 (26.8) 3 (7.3) 4 (9.8)  
Time to hospitalization              
 Up to 1 hour 92 (58.6) 25 (27.2) 18 (19.6) 30 (32.6) 12 (13) 7 (7.6) <0.001
>1 hour to <6 hours 62 (39.5) 8 (12.9) 37 (59.7) 8 (12.9) 6 (9.7) 3 (4.8)  
>=6 hours 3 (1.9) 1 (33.3) 1 (33.3) 0 (0) 1 (33.3) 0 (0.0)  
Place of injury              
Road 28 (17.9) 0 (0) 7 (25.0) 2 (7.1) 19 (67.9) 0 (0) <0.001
Home 83 (52.7) 30 (36.1) 21 (25.3) 26 (31.3) 0 (0) 6 (7.2)  
School 5 (3.2) 0 (0) 1 (20.0) 3 (60.0) 0 (0) 1 (20.0)  
Playground 31 (19.7) 4 (12.9) 20 (64.5) 6 (19.4) 0 (0) 1 (3.2)  
Others 10 (6.4) 0 (0) 7 (70.0) 1 (10.0) 0 (0) 2 (20.0)  
Caretaker at time of injury              
Father 18 (11.5) 2 (11.1) 10 (55.6) 1 (5.6) 5 (27.8) 0 (0) <0.001
Mother 62 (39.5) 21 (33.9) 9 (14.5) 18 (29.0) 9 (14.5) 5 (8.1)  
Both parents 24 (15.3) 3 (12.5) 4 (16.7) 12 (50.0) 4 (16.7) 1 (4.2)  
Relatives 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)  
Neighbor 2 (1.3) 0 (0) 2 (100.0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)  
Others 10 (6.4) 0 (0) 5 (50.0) 3 (30.0) 0 (0) 2 (20.0)  
None 41 (26.1) 8 (19.5) 26 (63.4) 4 (9.8) 1 (2.4) 2 (4.9)