Table 1 Baseline characteristics of different age groups.
Preschool (0 ~ 6 years) | Children (7 ~ 12 years) | Adolescents (13 ~ 19 years) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Numbers | 23 | 27 | 401 | – |
Male, n (%) | 14 (60.9) | 21 (77.8) | 312 (77.8) | 0.067 |
EMR-ISS, n (%) | 0.014 | |||
1 ~ 8 | 6 (26.1) | 10 (37) | 84 (20.9) | 0.135 |
9 ~ 24 | 9 (39.1) | 13 (48.1) | 272 (67.8) | 0.003 |
> 24 | 5 (21.7) | 3 (11.1) | 33 (8.2) | 0.074 |
Missing | 3 (13) | 1 (3.7) | 12 (3) | 0.044 |
Places of injury, n (%) | < 0.001 | |||
Home | 16 (69.6) | 9 (33.3) | 95 (23.7) | < 0.001 |
School | 1 (4.3) | 8 (29.6) | 36 (9) | 0.005 |
Street | 3 (13) | 6 (22.2) | 104 (25.9) | 0.395 |
Commercial | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 48 (12) | 0.097 |
Others | 3 (13) | 3 (11.1) | 118 (29.4) | 0.034 |
Mechanism of injury | 0.020 | |||
Sexual assault | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 12 (3) | 0.596 |
Fall | 3 (13) | 0 (0) | 5 (1.2) | 0.010 |
Struck/hit | 14 (60.9) | 23 (85.2) | 295 (73.6) | 0.152 |
Stab/cut | 2 (8.7) | 1 (3.7) | 74 (18.5) | 0.090 |
Gun shot | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.2) | > 0.999 |
Forced choking/hanging | 1 (4.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (1) | 0.257 |
Poisoning | 0 (0) | 1 (3.7) | 1 (0.2) | 0.210 |
Others | 2 (8.7) | 2 (7.4) | 9 (2.2) | 0.056 |
Death, n (%) | 2 (8.7) | 0 (0) | 2 (0.5) | 0.017 |
