Table 1

Annualized rate of recreational injury episodes among children aged 6–17 years by selected sociodemographics: US, 1997–98

Rate* per 1000 children (standard error)
BoysGirls
CharacteristicSample size†All6–10 years11–17 years6–10 years11–17 years
*Refers to weighted episode rate; †unweighted sample size; ‡excluded 26 unknown cases; §excluded 115 unknown cases; ¶excluded 1366 unknown cases. ** Rate not shown because the relative standard error (standard error of the estimate ) estimate) is greater than 30%.
Data source: the 1997–98 National Health Interview Surveys.
Total3845891.2 (3.4)89.5 (7.3)132.7 (8.3)53.0 (5.4)77.2 (6.4)
Race/ethnicity
    Hispanic1049552.4 (5.7)60.1 (12.7)62.8 (10.9)36.1 (8.7)48.2 (12.5)
    Non-Hispanic white20123112.1 (4.8)109.8 (12.2)163.5 (11.5)61.1 (7.4)96.4 (8.7)
    Non-Hispanic black633551.5 (6.0)41.8 (11.2)86.4 (13.5)31.3 (9.2)38.9 (9.8)
    Non-Hispanic other150540.5(10.8)********
Living with parent‡
    With mother only921565.0 (5.7)63.7 (13.0)78.4 (12.6)46.6 (10.5)66.3 (11.6)
    With father only122397.4(20.5)176.6 (65.9)143.2 (37.8)****
    With both parents26507100.9 (4.5)97.1 (8.8)149.4 (10.5)58.2 (6.9)85.0 (7.9)
    With others148754.4(14.3)********
Health insurance§
    No insurance604940.4 (6.2)********
    With insurance3229498.5 (3.8)93.8 (8.1)143.2 (9.3)58.2 (6.0)85.3 (7.2)
Family income status
    Poor680551.8 (8.6)56.2 (16.3)65.4 (14.8)23.3 (7.8)**
    Near poor717080.4 (7.1)85.6 (15.8)110.4 (16.7)49.3 (11.8)69.0 (12.6)
    Not poor16586118.7 (5.6)112.1 (12.1)170.6 (13.0)71.4 (10.0)101.8 (10.0)
    Unknown789760.3 (6.5)64.7 (12.9)98.6 (14.7)35.1 (9.6)34.4 (8.4)
Highest education of adults in a family¶, (years)
    <12602554.2 (8.7)**70.0 (15.8)22.7 (10.1)**
    12–152171491.1 (4.5)101.1 (10.7)132.5 (11.5)48.0 (6.4)71.0 (7.2)
    16+9353111.7 (7.3)90.1 (14.2)159.9 (16.4)76.9 (13.5)104.2 (13.0)
Rural/urban residence
    Rural960891.0 (7.1)71.0 (12.6)137.2 (14.0)50.7 (10.8)83.4 (13.8)
    Urban2885091.2 (4.2)96.7 (9.0)130.6 (10.1)53.8 (6.7)74.5 (7.3)