Table 2.
Participant Characteristics by Cause of Death Group
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| Variable | Group | Unintentional poison (n = 78) | Other cause (n = 1708) | p value |
| Age group at injury (years) | 16–29 | 27 (34.6%) | 115 (6.7%) | < 0.001 |
| 30–39 | 22 (28.2%) | 125 (7.3%) | ||
| 40–49 | 20 (25.6%) | 248 (14.5%) | ||
| 50–59 | 6 (7.7%) | 305 (17.9%) | ||
| 60–69 | 3 (3.8%) | 275 (16.1%) | ||
| 70–79 | 0 (0.0%) | 328 (19.2%) | ||
| 80 or older | 0 (0.0%) | 312 (18.3%) | ||
| Age at injury (years) | Median (IQR) | 33.5 (25.0, 42.0) | 62.0 (48.0, 76.0) | < 0.001 |
| Age at death (years) | Median (IQR) | 40.7 (30.9, 49.2) | 68.0 (53.6, 81.0) | < 0.001 |
| Death yeara | 1991–1995 | 0 (0.0%) | 32 (1.9%) | 0.603 |
| 1996–2000 | 5 (6.4%) | 86 (5.0%) | ||
| 2001–2005 | 14 (17.9%) | 240 (14.1%) | ||
| 2006–2010 | 24 (30.8%) | 578 (33.9%) | ||
| 2011–2015 | 34 (43.6%) | 698 (40.9%) | ||
| 2016–2017 | 1 (1.3%) | 71 (4.2%) | ||
| [missing] | [0] | [3] | ||
| Sex | Male | 62 (79.5%) | 1227 (71.9%) | 0.143 |
| Female | 16 (20.5%) | 480 (28.1%) | ||
| [missing] | [0] | [1] | ||
| Race/Ethnicity | White/Non-Hispanic | 63 (80.8%) | 1253 (73.4%) | 0.146 |
| All other | 15 (19.2%) | 455 (26.6%) | ||
| Pre-injury marital status | < 0.001 | |||
| Never married | 42 (53.8%) | 346 (20.3%) | ||
| Married | 11 (14.1%) | 704 (41.3%) | ||
| Previously married | 25 (32.1%) | 655 (38.4%) | ||
| [missing] | [0] | [3] | ||
| Pre-injury employment status | < 0.001 | |||
| Employed | 36 (46.2%) | 540 (31.9%) | ||
| Unemployed | 23 (29.5%) | 234 (13.8%) | ||
| Retired | 7 (9.0%) | 792 (46.8%) | ||
| Other | 12 (15.4%) | 128 (7.6%) | ||
| [missing] | [0] | [14] | ||
| Pre-injury drug use | Yes | 37 (51.4%) | 212 (13.8%) | < 0.001 |
| (n = 1613; 173 missing, 10%) | No | 35 (48.6%) | 1329 (86.2%) | |
| [missing] | [6] | [167] | ||
| Pre-injury drinking category | Abstaining | 18 (29.5%) | 714 (55.6%) | 0.005 |
| (n = 1345; 441 missing, 25%) | Light | 8 (13.1%) | 143 (11.1%) | |
| Medium | 15 (24.6%) | 197 (15.3%) | ||
| Heavy | 20 (32.8%) | 230 (17.9%) | ||
| [missing] | [17] | [424] | ||
| Cause of Injury | Falls | 15 (19.2%) | 864 (50.7%) | < 0.001 |
| Vehicular | 42 (53.8%) | 473 (27.7%) | ||
| Violence | 9 (11.5%) | 220 (12.9%) | ||
| Other | 12 (15.4%) | 148 (8.7%) | ||
| [missing] | [0] | [3] | ||
| Glasgow Coma Scale | Mild | 25 (32.5%) | 927 (55.5%) | < 0.001 |
| Moderate | 9 (11.7%) | 210 (12.6%) | ||
| Severe | 24 (31.2%) | 348 (20.9%) | ||
| Sedated | 19 (24.7%) | 184 (11.0%) | ||
| [missing] | [1] | [39] | ||
a
Only computed for subjects with known death date.
IQR, interquartile range.