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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Child Abuse Negl. 2019 May 21;93:215–221. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.05.011

Table 6.

WV AHT incidence compared to other studies.

Incidence < 1 year old
(95% Confidence Interval)		 Incidence < 2 years old
(95% Confidence Interval)
West Virginia
 Passive surveillance using hospital codes and chart review plus medical examiner data		 36.6 (24.3–49.0) 21.6 (14.1-29.21)
California (Wirtz & Trent, 2007)
 Passive surveillance using hospital codes		 22.4 14.0
North Carolina (Keenan et al., 2003)
 Prospective identification plus medical examiner data		 29.7 (22.9–36.7) 17.0 (13.3-20.7)
National (Shanahan et al., 2013)
 Application of CDC Narrow Definition to Kids’ Inpatient Databases		 33.4 (31.4–35.4) (Not reported)
South Region (Shanahan et al., 2013)
 Application of CDC Narrow Definition to Kids’ Inpatient Databases		 32.0 (28.4–35.9) (Not reported)
Midwest Region (Shanahan et al., 2013)
 Application of CDC Narrow Definition to Kids’ Inpatient Databases		 41.9 (35.9–48.5) (Not reported)