Table 1.
Overview of studies on socioeconomic disparities in childhood injuries by injury cause.
| Injury cause | Severity outcome | Relationship between deprivation/ socioeconomic disadvantage and injurya | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study analytical level | N | Mortality/morbidity (n) | Countries (n) | Positive | Negative | None |
| Traffic aggregated ( n = 7) | ||||||
| Individual-level | 3 | Mortality (2); Both combined (1) | South Korea (1); Sweden (1); United Kingdom (1) | 3 | ||
| Area-level | 3 | Morbidity (2); Mortality (2) | Australia (1); Canada (1); United Kingdom (1) | 2 | 1 | |
| Multilevel | 1 | Mortality (1) | South Korea (1) | 1 | ||
| Pedestrian ( n = 24) | ||||||
| Individual- level | 7 | Morbidity (4); Mortality (3) | Peru (1); Sweden (3); United Kingdom (3) | 7 | ||
| Area-level | 16 | Morbidity (13); Mortality (1); Both combined (2) | Australia (1); Canada (4); Greece (1); Ireland (1); Sweden (1); United Kingdom (7); USA (1) | 16 | ||
| Multilevel | 1 | Morbidity (1) | Sweden (1) | 1 | 1 | |
| Bicyclist ( n = 14) | ||||||
| Individual-level | 5 | Morbidity (3); Mortality (2) | Sweden (3); United Kingdom (2) | 5 | ||
| Area-level | 8 | Morbidity (8) | Australia (1); Canada (1); Ireland (1); Sweden (2); United Kingdom (3); | 6 | 2 | |
| Multilevel | 1 | Morbidity (1) | Sweden (1) | 1 | ||
| Motorcycle/moped ( n = 5) | ||||||
| Individual-level | 2 | Morbidity (2) | Sweden (2) | 2 | ||
| Area-level | 3 | Morbidity (3) | Australia (1); Sweden (2) | 1 | 2 | |
| Multilevel | 0 | |||||
| Car occupant ( n = 17) | ||||||
| Individual-level | 7 | Morbidity (6); Mortality (1) | Sweden (6); United Kingdom (1) | 7 | ||
| Area-level | 9 | Morbidity (7); Mortality (1); Both combined (1) | Australia (1); Canada (2); Ireland (1); Sweden (2); United Kingdom (2); USA (1) | 7 | 2 | |
| Multilevel | 1 | Morbidity (1) | Sweden (1) | 1 | ||
| Drowning ( n = 3) | ||||||
| Individual-level | 2 | Mortality (1); Both (1) | Bangladesh (1); South Korea (1) | 1 | 1 | |
| Area-level | 0 | |||||
| Multilevel | 1 | Mortality (1) | South Korea (1) | 1 | ||
| Poisoning ( n = 11) | ||||||
| Individual-level | 4 | Morbidity (3); Mortality (1) | Canada (1); Denmark (1); Peru (1); United Kingdom (1) | 3 | 1 | |
| Area-level | 7 | Morbidity (7) | Australia (1); Canada (1); Ireland (1); Sweden (1); United Kingdom (3) | 6 | 2 | |
| Multilevel | 0 | |||||
| Burn ( n = 18) | ||||||
| Individual-level | 8 | Morbidity (5); Mortality (3) | Canada (1); Denmark (1); Ghana (1); Peru (2); United Kingdom (2); United States (1) | 7 | 3 | |
| Area-level | 10 | Morbidity (7); Mortality (1); Both combined (2) | Australia (1); Canada (1); Ireland (1); South Africa (1); Sweden (1); United Kingdom (2); United States (3) | 8 | 1 | 2 |
| Multilevel | 0 | |||||
| Fall ( n = 18) | ||||||
| Individual-level | 4 | Morbidity (2); Mortality (1); Both combined (1) | Denmark (1); Peru (1); Sweden (1); United Kingdom (1) | 4 | 2 | |
| Area-level | 13 | Morbidity (11); Mortality (1); Both combined (1) | Australia (1); Canada (3); Ireland (1); Sweden (4); United Kingdom (3); United States (1) | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Multilevel | 1 | Mortality (1) | South Korea (1) | 1 | ||
Note aAs a study can have results for more than one analyses (e.g., for different SES measures or at two different time periods), the numbers here may exceed the number of studies.