Table 3

Restraint use death risk ratios (RRs)*

Restraint useAge (years)SurvivedDiedRR (95% CI)Wald p value
Seatbelt with booster4–54921820.33 (0.28 to 0.40)
6–884400.45 (0.31 to 0.63)<0.005
Seatbelt4–59813710.37 (0.32 to 0.43)
6–813195410.39 (0.34 to 0.44)0.61
Unrestrained4–5627445Ref.
6–8712437Ref.
Unknown†4–521792
6–822685
Total46582193
  • *Comparing restraint use vs no restraint and adjusted for age, sex, exposure to air bag deployment, seating position, adult seatbelt use, and all matched collision and vehicle characteristics.

  • †Partially or fully unknown restraint use was assigned to other values of restraint use by multiple imputation.