Table 1.
Demographics of Children Hospitalized from 2009 to 2014 with Traumatic Brain Injury Due to Unintentional Falls
| Demographics | Building Falls (n = 933) | All Other Types of Falls (n = 22,880) | p-value* (Building vs Other) | Urban Building Falls (n = 707) | Non-urban Building Fallsa (n = 190) | p-value* (Urban vs Non-urban) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (%) | ||||||
| Male | 619 (66.3) | 13,484 (58.9) | < 0.01 | 466 (65.9) | 127 (66.8) | NS |
| Female | 310 (33.2) | 9357 (40.9) | 237 (33.5) | 63 (33.2) | ||
| Unknown | 4 (< 0.5) | 39 (0.2) | 4 (0.6) | 0 | ||
| Mean age in years (SD) | 3.79 (2.9) | 3.10 (3.9) | < 0.01 | 3.56 (2.8) | 4.49 (3.4) | < 0.01 |
| Race (%) | ||||||
| White | 513 (55.0) | 15,265 (66.7) | < 0.01 | 338 (47.8) | 149 (78.4) | < 0.01 |
| Black | 205 (22.0) | 3358 (14.7) | 193 (27.3) | 9 (4.7) | ||
| Other | 215 (23.0) | 4257 (18.6) | 176 (24.9) | 32 (16.8) | ||
| Ethnicity (%) | ||||||
| Hispanic/Latino | 152 (16.3) | 3690 (16.1) | NS | 130 (18.4) | 18 (9.5) | < 0.01 |
| Not Hispanic/Latino | 657 (70.4) | 16,044 (70.1) | 486 (68.7) | 140 (73.7) | ||
| Unknown | 124 (13.3) | 3146 (13.8) | 91 (12.9) | 32 (16.8) | ||
| Payer type (%) | ||||||
| Government | 528 (56.6) | 11,962 (52.3) | < 0.01 | 433 (61.2) | 85 (44.7) | < 0.01 |
| Non-government | 318 (34.1) | 9390 (41.0) | 225 (31.8) | 69 (36.3) | ||
| Self-pay | 70 (7.6) | 1250 (5.5) | 37 (5.3) | 31 (16.8) | ||
| Unknown | 17 (1.8) | 257 (1.1) | 12 (1.7) | 5 (2.6) | ||
| RUCA Code | ||||||
| Large Urban Core | 707 (75.8) | 16,986 (74.2) | NS | NA | NA | NA |
| Small Suburban Area | 76 (8.1) | 2110 (9.2) | ||||
| Large Rural Town | 53 (5.7) | 1582 (6.9) | ||||
| Small Rural Town/ | 61 (6.5) | 1472 (6.4) | ||||
| Isolated Rural Area | ||||||
| Unknown | 36 (3.9) | 730 (3.2) | ||||
Legend: SD standard deviation, NS not significant, NA not applicable, RUCA rural-urban commuting area
*p -values obtained using Chi-square or Mann-Whitney U tests to evaluate for group differences
aReflects children from Small Suburban Areas, Large Rural Towns, or Small Rural Town/Isolated Rural Areas