Table 5.
Accidental versus nonaccidental trauma in adults and pediatric patients
| Adult | Child | |||||
| Type | Predicted adult trauma, % (n) (n = 466)a | Actual adult trauma % (n) (n = 328) | p value | Actual pediatric trauma % (n) (n = 44) | Predicted pediatric trauma % (n) (n = 66)a |
p value |
| Accidental | 58 (269) | 55 (182) | 0.53 | 50 (22) | 56 (37) | 0.56 |
| nonaccidental | 26 (123) | 38 (123) | < .001 | 43 (19) | 29 (19) | 0.18 |
| Other | 16 (74) | 7 (23) | 7 (3) | 14 (9) | ||
a
Predicted values are based on rounded expected percentages, percentage values may not add up to total number in each category.