From: Urban/Rural disparities in Oregon pediatric traumatic brain injury
Large metropolitan (n = 1303) | Small/medium metropolitan (n = 692) | Non-metropolitan (n = 799) | Total (n = 2794) | |||||
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n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | p | |
Injury Severity Score | <0.0001 | |||||||
≤15 (mild/moderate) | 984 | (76) | 477 | (69) | 507 | (63) | 1968 | |
>15 (severe) | 316 | (24) | 198 | (29) | 272 | (34) | 786 | |
Missing | 3 | (0) | 17 | (2) | 20 | (3) | 40 | |
Glasgow Coma Scale score | <0.0001 | |||||||
9–15 (mild/moderate) | 1161 | (89) | 496 | (72) | 626 | (78) | 2283 | |
3–8 (severe) | 42 | (3) | 34 | (5) | 29 | (4) | 105 | |
Missing | 100 | (8) | 162 | (23) | 144 | (18) | 406 | |
Gender | 0.97 | |||||||
Male | 879 | (67) | 463 | (67) | 537 | (67) | 1879 | |
Female | 424 | (33) | 229 | (33) | 262 | (33) | 915 | |
Age (years) | 0.02 | |||||||
0–4 | 325 | (25) | 163 | (24) | 149 | (19) | 637 | |
5–14 | 380 | (29) | 203 | (29) | 240 | (30) | 823 | |
15–19 | 598 | (46) | 326 | (47) | 410 | (51) | 1334 | |
Race | <0.0001 | |||||||
White | 891 | (68) | 538 | (78) | 578 | (72) | 2007 | |
Non-white | 348 | (27) | 136 | (20) | 91 | (11) | 575 | |
Missing/unknown | 64 | (5) | 18 | (3) | 130 | (16) | 212 | |
Insurance status | <0.0001 | |||||||
Insured | 1197 | (92) | 579 | (84) | 611 | (76) | 2387 | |
Uninsured | 84 | (7) | 52 | (8) | 62 | (8) | 198 | |
Other/unknown/missing | 22 | (2) | 61 | (9) | 126 | (16) | 209 | |
Transfer status | <0.0001 | |||||||
Yes | 23 | (2) | 129 | (19) | 195 | (24) | 347 | |
No | 1280 | (98) | 563 | (81) | 604 | (76) | 2447 | |
Mechanism of injury | <0.0001 | |||||||
Fall | 509 | (39) | 204 | (29) | 227 | (28) | 940 | |
Motor vehicle collision | 367 | (28) | 250 | (36) | 298 | (37) | 915 | |
Struck by/against | 188 | (14) | 80 | (12) | 75 | (9) | 343 | |
Firearm | 7 | (0) | 3 | (0) | 3 | (<1) | 13 | |
Other, specified and unspecified | 232 | (18) | 155 | (22) | 196 | (25) | 583 | |
Hospital Levela | <0.0001 | |||||||
I | 1251 | (96) | 76 | (11) | 149 | (19) | 1476 | |
II | 5 | (0) | 401 | (58) | 211 | (26) | 617 | |
III | 1 | (0) | 129 | (19) | 249 | (31) | 379 | |
IV | 46 | (4) | 86 | (12) | 190 | (24) | 322 |