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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Ther. 2014 May-Jun;21(3):174–183. doi: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3182459c53

Table 2.

Demographic and Case Characteristics for All at Least Potentially Related Cases by Fatal Outcome

Non-Fatal (n=76) Fatal (n=26) Total (n=102)

Age
< 2 years 48 (63%) 14 (54%)* 62 (61%)*
2 to < 4 years 15 (20%) 8 (31%) 23 (23%)
4 to < 6 years 13 (17%) 4 (15%) 17 (17%)

Gender
Male 28 (37%) 9 (35%) 37 (36%)
Female 36 (47%) 10 (39%) 46 (45%)
Not Reported 12 (16%) 7 (27%) 19 (19%)

Drug Administered by
Parent 33 (43%) 7 (27%) 40 (39%)
Other 28 (37%) 9 (35%) 37 (36%)
Not Reported 7 (9%) 9 (35%) 16 (16%)
Health Care Facility** 3 (4%) 0 (0%) 3 (3%)
Relative 2 (3%) 1 (4%) 3 (3%)
Multiple Caregivers 2 (3%) 0 (0%) 2 (2%)
Caregiver 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%)

Exposure Site
Not Reported 45 (59%) 23 (89%) 68 (67%)
Home 27 (36%) 3 (12%) 30 (29%)
Multiple Locations*** 3 (4%) 0 (0%) 3 (3%)
Health Care Facility 1 (1%) 0 (0%) 1 (1%)

Measuring Device Reported 4 (5%) 3 (12%) 7 (7%)
*

Due to rounding of percentages totals may not equal 100%.

**

Includes 1 case of Health Care Facility and Not Reported and 1 case of Health Care Facility and Other.

***

Includes 2 cases of Home and Health Care Facility and 1 case Health Care Facility and Home.