Table 4.

Bivariable associations between patient characteristics and mortality (n = 80) among pediatric surgical patients at KCH in 2012

Characteristic	n	Deaths n (%)a	p-value
Age
0–30 days	195	50 (27)	<0.001
31 days–1 year	89	3 (4)
1–5 years	279	13 (5)
5–12 years	341	9 (3)
>12 years	265	5 (2)
Patient gender
Male	705	31 (5)	0.008
Female	427	35 (9)
Admission diagnosis
Trauma	596	28 (5)	<0.001
Infection	198	6 (3)
Congenital abnormality	204	35 (18)
Acute abdomen	71	2 (3)
Tumor or mass	59	2 (4)
Other	42	7 (19)
Surgical management
No	714	66 (10)	<0.001
Yes	392	14 (4)

^aPercentages based on patients with recorded outcomes, not on total of all patients in the group.