Table 2.
Injury characteristics for homeless cases (N = 268) identified in NEISS narratives and random population controls (N = 2680), 2007-2011
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Children 0-15 years |
Adolescents/Young Adults 16-25 years |
Adults 26-59 years |
Older Adults ≥ 60 years |
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Homeless (n = 10) |
Controls (n = 100) |
Sig |
Homeless (n = 29) |
Controls (n = 290) |
Sig |
Homeless (n = 203) |
Controls (n = 2030) |
Sig |
Homeless (n = 25) |
Controls (n = 250) |
Sig | |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Body part injured | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | 0.32 | ||||||||
| Head/neck* | 2 ( 20.0) | 50 (50.0) | 3 (10.3) | 57 (19.7) | 30 (14.8) | 371 (18.3) | 7 (28.0) | 51 (20.4) | ||||
| Upper extremities | - | 31 (31.0) | 7 (24.1) | 109 (37.6) | 29 (14.3) | 700 (34.5) | 4 (16.0) | 76 (30.4) | ||||
| Lower extremities | 1 ( 10.0 ) | 13 (13.0) | 8 (27.6) | 80 (27.6) | 74 (36.5) | 470 (23.2) | 7 (28.0) | 55 (22.0) | ||||
| Trunk | 1 ( 10.0 ) | 2 (2.0) | 5 (17.2) | 38 (13.1) | 39 (18.7) | 435 (21.4) | 5 (20.0) | 60 (24.0) | ||||
| Other** | 6 ( 60.0) | 4 (4.0) | 6 (20.7) | 6 (2.1) | 32 (15.8) | 54 (2.7) | 2 (8.0) | 8 (3.2) | ||||
| Injury diagnosis | 0.17 | 0.02 | <0.01 | 0.11 | ||||||||
| Intracranial injury | 2 (50.0) | 15 (15.5) | - | 19 (6.7) | 12 (7.4) | 95 (4.9) | 2 (8.7) | 18 (7.8) | ||||
| Burn | - | 2 (2.1) | 1 (4.5) | 6 (2.1) | 23 (14.2) | 44 (2.3) | 2 (8.7) | 2 (0.9) | ||||
| Laceration | - | 27 (27.8) | 3 (13.6) | 62 (21.8) | 11 (6.8) | 429 (22.0) | 2 (8.7) | 55 (23.8) | ||||
| Contusion/abrasion | 1 (25.0) | 22 (22.7) | 3 (13.6) | 53 (18.6) | 30 (18.5) | 393 (20.2) | 6 (26.1) | 43 (18.6) | ||||
| Fracture/dislocation | - | 13 (13.4) | 4 (18.2) | 49 (17.2) | 7 (4.3) | 317 (16.3) | 4 (17.4) | 45 (19.5) | ||||
| Sprain/strain | - | 11 (11.3) | 7 (31.8) | 76 (26.7) | 43 (26.5) | 514 (26.4) | 5 (21.7) | 46 (19.9) | ||||
| Poisoning | 1 (25.0) | 3 (3.1) | 4 (18.2) | 4 (1.4) | 20 (12.3) | 20(1.0) | 1 (4.3) | 3 (1.3) | ||||
| Other*** | - | 4 (4.1) | - | 16 (5.6) | 16 (9.9) | 136 (7.0) | 1 (4.3) | 19 (8.2) | ||||
| Non-injury diagnosis **** | 6 (60.0) | 3 (3.0) | <0.01 | 7 (24.1) | 5 (1.7) | <0.01 | 41 (20.2) | 82 (4.0) | <0.01 | 2 (8.0) | 19 (7.6) | 1.00 |
Significance indicated by p-value from comparison between homeless cases and random population controls using chi-squared tests or Fisher’s exact tests where any cell count was less than 5.
Head/neck category includes ear, eye, face, neck, and mouth.
Includes internal injuries, injuries to 25-50% of the body, or all of the body.
Includes ingestion of a foreign object, crushing injury, foreign body, hematoma, puncture, anoxia, avulsion, or non-head internal organ injury.
Includes infection, dermatitis/conjunctivitis, pain without specified injury, and no identifiable injury.
Note: Exact age was not included in NEISS for 1 homeless adult; that individual and 10 controls are not listed in the table above.