Table 1. Characteristics at discharge from index emergency admission for injury.
| Characteristic | Girls | Boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adversity-Related Injury | Accident-Related Injury | Adversity-Related Injury | Accident-Related Injury | |
| All | 181,926 (100%) | 166,462 (100%) | 151,083 (100%) | 483,356 (100%) |
| Age | ||||
| 10–14 y old | 47,926 (26.3%) | 103,215 (62.0%) | 24,301 (16.1%) | 259,862 (53.8%) |
| 15–17 y old | 84,605 (46.5%) | 36,624 (22.0%) | 57,706 (38.2%) | 137,044 (28.4%) |
| 18–19 y old | 49,395 (27.2%) | 26,623 (16.0%) | 69,076 (45.7%) | 86,450 (17.9%) |
| History of a chronic condition | 27,922 (15.3%) | 18,934 (11.4%) | 21,161 (14.0%) | 49,436 (10.3%) |
| Ethnicity * | ||||
| White | 144,522 (79.4%) | 129,248 (77.6%) | 109,307 (72.3%) | 352,614 (73.0%) |
| Black | 4,284 (2.4%) | 3,320 (2.0%) | 4,486 (3.0%) | 9,917 (2.1%) |
| Asian | 6,432 (3.5%) | 4,066 (2.4%) | 4,563 (3.0%) | 13,633 (2.8%) |
| Mixed | 2,448 (1.3%) | 1,470 (0.9%) | 1,540 (1.0%) | 4,171 (0.9%) |
| Other | 3,309 (1.8%) | 2,541 (1.5%) | 3,000 (2.0%) | 7,491 (1.5%) |
| Missing | 20,931 (11.5%) | 25,817 (15.5%) | 28,187 (18.7%) | 95,530 (19.8%) |
| Deprivation based on IMD score * | ||||
| Least deprived | 22,309 (12.3%) | 29,002 (17.4%) | 16,991 (11.2%) | 85,304 (17.6%) |
| Second least deprived | 24,941 (13.7%) | 29,872 (17.9%) | 19,474 (12.9%) | 85,052 (17.6%) |
| Middle | 30,698 (16.9%) | 30,472 (18.3%) | 24,450 (16.2%) | 87,512 (18.1%) |
| Second most deprived | 40,721 (22.4%) | 32,670 (19.6%) | 33,461 (22.1%) | 95,821 (19.8%) |
| Most deprived | 61,161 (33.6%) | 41,923 (25.2%) | 53,437 (35.4%) | 122,749 (25.4%) |
| Missing | 2,096 (1.2%) | 2,523 (1.5%) | 3,270 (2.2%) | 6,918 (1.4%) |
| Type of adversity-related injury | ||||
| Any violent | 13,262 (7.3%) | 70,594 (46.7%) | ||
| Any drug/alcohol-related | 163,888 (90.1%) | 85,421 (56.5%) | ||
| Any self-inflicted | 131,739 (72.4%) | 44,621 (29.5%) | ||
| Emergency admissions prior to index (at 10–19 y old) | ||||
| Adversity-related injury | 18,311 (10.1%) | 1,566 (0.9%) | 8,121 (5.4%) | 3,262 (0.7%) |
| Accident-related injury (no adversity) | 5,438 (3.0%) | 6,264 (3.8%) | 10,328 (6.8%) | 36,320 (7.5%) |
Data are given as n (percent).
*Missing values were replaced with the modal value of admission records for that individual at 10–19 y old. If the value was still missing, it was replaced with the modal value of records for that individual at 0–30 y old.