Characteristic | Age range (years) | ||||||
Median age | 0–2 | 3–5 | 6–12 | 13–17 | Total | P value | |
Injury body region | <0.001* | ||||||
Head | 3 | 416 | 220 | 199 | 17 | 852 | |
Face | 4 | 1260 | 1094 | 1077 | 163 | 3594 | |
Neck | 4 | 68 | 75 | 70 | 3 | 216 | |
Thorax | 4 | 66 | 69 | 66 | 6 | 207 | |
Abdomen | 5 | 66 | 55 | 86 | 19 | 226 | |
Spine | 4 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 23 | |
Upper extremity | 8 | 158 | 199 | 524 | 150 | 1031 | |
Lower extremity | 8 | 76 | 93 | 272 | 71 | 512 | |
Unspecified | 5 | 332 | 378 | 462 | 79 | 1251 |
*Kruskal-Wallis test used to show age as a predictor of body region of injury.