Table 1 Frequencies of study demographic variables regarding children injured during riding lawn mower incidents as reported on surveys completed by followers of the Lawn Mower Accident (LMA) Support and Prevention Facebook page and members of the LMA Survivors and Family Closed Support Group on Facebook (N = 140)
From: Pediatric lawn mower-related injuries and contributing factors for bystander injuries
Variable | n (Col%)a, b |
|---|---|
Person completing survey | |
Parent of injured child | 100 (71) |
Adult survivor of childhood injury | 27 (19) |
Grandparent of injured child | 7 (5) |
Other relative of injured child | 4 (3) |
Family friend/neighbor of injured child | 1 (1) |
First responder/good samaritan | 1 (1) |
Age | |
< 1 yr | 0 (0) |
1 yr | 8 (6) |
2 yrs | 23 (16) |
3 yrs | 32 (23) |
4 yrs | 25 (18) |
5 yrs | 19 (14) |
6–7 yrs | 19 (14) |
8–9 yrs | 6 (4) |
10–16 yrs | 8 (6) |
Sex/gender | |
Male | 89 (64) |
Female | 50 (36) |
Non-binary/third gender | 1 (1) |
Race/ethnicity | |
Non-Hispanic White | 131 (94) |
Hispanic/Latinx | 4 (3) |
Black or African American | 1 (1) |
Asian | 2 (1) |
Other | 2 (1) |
Insurance | |
Medicare/Medicaid | 35 (25) |
Through an employer | 74 (53) |
Private | 6 (4) |
No insurance | 6 (4) |
Don’t know/missing | 19 (14) |
Where they lived | |
Farm/ranch | 8 (6) |
In the country/not on a farm or ranch | 76 (54) |
Town/city | 56 (40) |
Census region | |
Northeast | 27 (19) |
Midwest | 47 (34) |
South | 55 (39) |
West | 5 (4) |
Country other than U.S | 6 (4) |
Number of other children in family | |
0 | 41 (29) |
1 | 43 (31) |
2 | 29 (21) |
≥ 3 | 27 (19) |