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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 4.
Published in final edited form as: Methods Inf Med. 2015 May 29;54(4):328–337. doi: 10.3414/ME14-01-0093

Table III.

Characteristics of children with trauma at PCH versus other hospitals

PHIS
N = 156,357
n (col%)
NTDB
N = 104,049
n (col%)
PHIS
PCH vs. Other Χ2 P
NTDB
PCH vs. Other Χ2 P
PCH
n = 5,524
Other Hosp
n = 150,833
PCH
n = 4,306
Other Hosp
n = 99,743
Age 0.005 < 0.001
 0 to 364 days 766 (14) 19,274 (13) 686 (16) 12,245 (12)
 1 to <5 years 1,508 (27) 42,014 (28) 1,055 (25) 24,260 (24)
 5 to <13 years 2,074 (38) 55,039 (36) 1,751 (41) 40,843 (41)
 13 to <18 years 1,176 (21) 34,506 (23) 814 (19) 22,395 (22)
Gender
 Male 3,522 (64) 93,792 (62) 2,792 (65) 63,890 (64) 0.021 0.41
 Missing 0 (0) 62 (0) 0 (0) 17 (0)
Admission Year < 0.001a < 0.001a
 2005–2006 14 (0) 295 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0)
 2007 1,355 (25) 30,051 (20) 1,113 (26) 17,415 (17)
 2008 1,360 (25) 38,755 (26) 1,117 (26) 26,897 (27)
 2009 1,417 (26) 41,004 (27) 1,068 (25) 27,081 (27)
 2010 1,378 (25) 40,728 (27) 1,008 (23) 28,350 (28)
Injury Mechanism < 0.001b < 0.001b
 Fall 1,865 (34) 40,279 (27) 1,934 (45) 43,859 (44)
 Assault/Abuse 227 (4) 8,403 (6) 240 (6) 6,636 (7)
 Motor vehicle 750 (14) 14,099 (9) 734 (17) 14,987 (15)
 Other 2,602 (47) 64,334 (43) 1,397 (32) 34,137 (34)
 No E-code (Missing) 80 (1) 23,718 (16) 1 (0) 122 (0)
Injury Severity Score < 0.001 < 0.001
 < 15 4,826 (87) 140,617 (93) 3,578 (83) 89,562 (90)
 ≥ 15 698 (13) 10,216 (7) 728 (17) 10,181 (10)
Hospital Course
 ICU admission 1,337 (24) 21,534 (14) 980 (23) 13,973 (14) < 0.001 < 0.001
 Length of stay, median (IQR) 1 (1–3) 1 (1–3) 2 (1–3) 2 (1–3) 0.006c < 0.001c
Hospital Outcome
 Mortality 88 (2) 1,399 (1) 64 (1) 885 (1) < 0.001 < 0.001
 Missing 21 (0) 5,418d (4) 282 (7) 10,930 (11)