Table 1 Cohort characteristics, ambulance use, ED visits, and hospital admissions, by age group
Basic characteristics | Age group | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infant (< 1 year) | Toddler (1–4 years) | Child (5–14 years) | Youth (15–24 years) | Young adult (25–44 years) | Adult (45–64 years) | Older adult (65–84 years) | Oldest adult (85 + years) | Total | |
Ambulance use | |||||||||
N† (%)¶ | * | * | * | 98(13.3) | 258(35.0) | 210(28.5) | 112(15.2) | 44(6.0) | 737⁑ (100.0) |
Sex | |||||||||
Male | * | * | * | 61(62.2) | 132(51.2) | 120(57.1) | 67(59.8) | 17(38.6) | 406(55.1) |
Female | * | * | * | 37(37.8) | 126(48.8) | 88(41.9) | 45(40.2) | 27(61.4) | 329(44.6) |
Emergency department visit | |||||||||
N† (%)¶ | * | * | 23(1.7) | 123(9.2) | 472(35.1) | 392(29.2) | 250(18.6) | 73(5.4) | 1344“(100.0) |
Age-specific injury rate per 100,000 population | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 22.2 | 21.1 | 24.8 | 46.1 | 17.8 |
Sex | |||||||||
Male | * | * | 17(73.9) | 66(53.7) | 251(53.2) | 233(59.4) | 131(52.4) | 28(38.4) | 734(54.6) |
Female | * | * | * | 57(46.3) | 221(46.8) | 159(40.6) | 119(47.6) | 45(61.6) | 610(45.4) |
Type of injury | |||||||||
Burn only | * | * | 11(47.8) | 61(49.6) | 125(26.5) | 101(25.8) | 33(13.2) | 10(13.7) | 342(25.4) |
Smoke inhalation only | * | * | * | 15(12.2) | 84(17.8) | 76(19.4) | 68(27.2) | 24(32.9) | 269(20.0) |
Other | * | * | 11(47.8) | 47(38.2) | 263(55.7) | 215(54.8) | 149(59.6) | 39(53.4) | 733(54.5) |
Hospital admission | |||||||||
N† (%)¶ | 41(2.1) | 45(2.3) | 88(4.4) | 246(12.3) | 632(31.6) | 527(26.3) | 325(16.2) | 97(4.8) | 2001(100.0) |
Age-specific injury rate per 100,000 population | 41.7 | 11.4 | 9.5 | 25.0 | 29.7 | 28.3 | 32.2 | 61.3 | 26.5 |
Sex | |||||||||
Male | 21(51.2) | 30(66.7) | 53(60.2) | 161(65.4) | 413(65.3) | 320(60.7) | 184(56.6) | 30(30.9) | 1212(60.6) |
Female | 20(48.8) | 15(33.3) | 35(39.8) | 85(34.6) | 219(34.7) | 207(39.3) | 141(43.4) | 67(69.1) | 789(39.4) |
Type of injury | |||||||||
Burn only | 26(63.4) | 26(57.8) | 49(55.7) | 138(56.1) | 303(47.9) | 218(41.4) | 87(26.8) | 13(13.4) | 860(43.0) |
Smoke inhalation only | 15(36.6) | 16(35.6) | 30(34.1) | 66(26.8) | 172(27.2) | 164(31.1) | 147(45.2) | 61(62.9) | 671(33.5) |
Burn + smoke inhalation | * | * | * | 13(5.3) | 45(7.1) | 47(8.9) | 20(6.2) | * | 139(7.0) |
Other | * | * | * | 29 (11.8) | 112 (17.7) | 98 (18.6) | 71 (21.8) | 15 (15.5) | 331 (16.5) |
Total LOS‼ | |||||||||
1–7 days | 38(92.7) | 44(97.8) | 79(89.8) | 205(83.3) | 504(79.7) | 397(75.3) | 217(66.8) | 66(68.0) | 1550(77.5) |
8–28 days | * | * | * | 34(13.8) | 84(13.3) | 83(15.7) | 70(21.5) | 21(21.6) | 301(15.0) |
> 28 days | * | * | * | * | 44(7.0) | 47(8.9) | 38(11.7) | 10(10.3) | 150(7.5) |
ICU admission | * | * | * | 40(16.3) | 88(13.9) | 93(17.6) | 42(12.9) | 13(13.4) | 287(14.3) |