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 |
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| PCH n = 5,524 |
Other Hosp n = 150,833 |
PCH n = 4,306 |
Other Hosp n = 99,743 |
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| 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) | ||