Characteristics of those injured at overnight summer camps, 2006
| Campers | Staff | Total | |
| Total | 218 | 81 | 299* |
| Camp characteristics | |||
| USA | 216 (99.1%) | 75 (92.6%) | 291 (97.3%) |
| Canada | 2 (0.9%) | 6 (7.4%) | 8 (2.7%) |
| Short-term† | 148 (67.9%) | 59 (72.8%) | 207 (69.2%) |
| Long-term | 69 (31.6%) | 19 (23.5%) | 88 (29.4%) |
| Patient characteristics | |||
| Age (mean (SD)): range | 12.8 (2.7): 6–22 | 20.1 (5.7): 12–54 | 15.0 (5.6): 6–54 |
| Sex | |||
| Male | 113 (51.8%) | 28 (34.6%) | 141 (47.3%) |
| Female | 105 (48.2%) | 52 (64.2%) | 157 (52.7%) |
| Safety training‡ | 52 (23.9%) | 20 (24.7%) | 73 (24.4%) |
*Numbers that do not total 299 reflect missing data.
†“Short-term” is defined as a camp with sessions lasting less 13 days or less. “Long-term” camps are those with sessions lasting 14 days or more.
‡The patient had received some form of safety training relevant to the activity during which the injury had been sustained.