Table 1

Description of full population of child injury victims under study

Descriptor	Fatalities (n = 243)		Hospitalized injuries (n = 361)		Restricted activity injuries (n = 330)		Total* (n = 934)
Descriptor	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
*Given limitations on data sources, the relative contribution of fatal, hospitalized, and restricted activity injuries in these totals may not be representative of the actual population of injury events.
Gender
Male	201	82.7	276	76.5	237	71.8	714	76.4
Female	42	17.3	85	23.5	67	20.3	194	20.8
Unknown	0		0		26	7.9	26	2.8
Age (years)
1–6	115	47.3	138	38.2	60	18.2	313	33.5
7–9	25	10.3	68	18.8	56	17.0	149	16.0
10–11	17	7.0	44	12.2	45	13.6	106	11.3
12–13	23	9.5	49	13.6	58	17.6	130	13.9
14–15	30	12.3	36	10.0	54	16.4	120	12.8
16–17	33	13.6	26	7.2	57	17.3	116	12.4
Child lives on farm
Yes	164	67.5	274	75.9	246	74.5	684	73.2
No	52	21.4	63	17.5	83	25.2	198	21.2
Unknown	27	11.1	24	6.6	1	0.3	52	5.6
Child a hired worker on farm
Yes	15	6.2	6	1.7	19	5.8	40	4.3
No	208	85.6	344	95.3	224	67.9	776	83.1
Unknown	20	8.2	11	3.0	87	26.4	118	12.6
Child’s relationship to farm owner
Child of owner	156	64.2	273	75.6	219	66.4	648	69.4
Other relative of owner	20	8.2	27	7.5	62	18.8	109	11.7
Child/relative of hired employee	4	1.6	1	0.3	2	0.6	7	0.7
Visitors to farm	20	8.2	24	6.6	21	6.4	65	7.0
Other/unknown	43	17.7	36	10.0	26	7.9	105	11.2
Farm work involved in injury
Yes	168	69.1	204	56.5	129	39.1	501	53.6
No	69	28.4	107	29.6	165	50.0	341	36.5
Unknown	6	2.5	50	13.9	36	10.9	92	9.9
Child engaged in farm work
Yes	68	28.0	106	29.4	109	33.0	283	30.3
No, farm work hazard involved	129	53.1	178	49.3	63	19.1	370	39.6
No, no farm work hazard involved	45	18.5	24	6.6	128	38.8	197	21.1
Unknown	1	0.4	53	14.7	30	9.1	84	9.0