Percentage of injury conditions and places of occurrence by family income status among children aged 6–17 years: US, 1997–98
| Poor | Near poor | Not poor | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic* | % | Standard error | % | Standard error | % | Standard error |
| *A person could indicate up to four injury conditions, and up to two places of occurrence per injury episode. | ||||||
| Data source: the 1997–98 National Health Interview Surveys. | ||||||
| Injury condition | ||||||
| Sprain/strains | 12.3 | 4.1 | 23.8 | 4.3 | 29.1 | 2.3 |
| Open wounds | 26.6 | 6.6 | 32.4 | 4.7 | 24.6 | 2.5 |
| Fractures | 25.0 | 5.6 | 23.6 | 3.9 | 21.8 | 1.8 |
| Place of occurrence | ||||||
| Home (inside) | 12.8 | 4.1 | 10.1 | 2.7 | 10.2 | 1.5 |
| Home (outside) | 37.9 | 6.3 | 24.7 | 3.8 | 21.5 | 2.0 |
| Sport facility | 16.7 | 7.4 | 19.4 | 4.0 | 27.0 | 2.3 |
| School | 14.4 | 4.2 | 15.8 | 3.5 | 23.7 | 2.1 |