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. 2009 Dec;99(12):2268–2274. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.159616

TABLE 3.

Effect of Adoption of Conductive Energy Devices (CEDs) on Monthly Suspect and Officer Injury Rates: Orlando, FL, and Austin, TX; 1998–2006 and 2002–2006

Suspects
Officers
IR (95% CI) or χ2 P IR (95% CI) or χ2 P
Orlando, FL
CED use (n = 108) 0.47 (0.37, 0.59) <.001 0.38 (0.23, 0.62) <.001
Likelihood ratio 1311.97 <.001 2126.72 <.001
Austin, TX
CED use (n = 60) 0.70 (0.55, 0.88) .002 0.75 (0.55, 1.02) .069
Likelihood ratio 2598.28 <.001 3416.31 <.001

Note. CI = confidence interval; IR = incidence ratio. These models controlled for natural cubic spline of the monthly time series.