Patient characteristics
| Total N=2259 No (%) | |
| Sex | |
| Male | 1493 (66.1) |
| Female | 766 (33.9) |
| Age group | |
| 0–4 years | 619 (27.4) |
| 5–7 years | 328 (14.5) |
| 8–11 years | 459 (20.3) |
| 12–15 years | 703 (31.1) |
| 16–17 years | 150 (6.6) |
| Socioeconomic status (SES) groups* | |
| Low SES | 823 (38.2) |
| Moderate SES | 898 (41.7) |
| High SES | 434 (20.1) |
| Cohort | |
| VSTR | 910 (40.3) |
| CHAI | 889 (39.4) |
| UKBOI | 165 (7.3) |
| BCCH-LIO | 295 (13.1) |
| Transport status† | |
| Non-transport | 1620 (74.2) |
| Transport | 562 (25.8) |
| Hospital status‡ | |
| ED only | 880 (39.0) |
| Hospital admission | 1377 (61.0) |
| Comorbidity status | |
| No comorbidities | 2033 (90.0) |
| At least one comorbidity | 226 (10.0) |
| Injury Severity Score tertile§ | |
| Low (1 – 4) | 957 (43.8) |
| Mid (5 – 16) | 591 (27.1) |
| High (17+) | 635 (29.1) |
| Intent | |
| Unintentional | 2054 (90.9%) |
| Intentional | 108 (4.8%) |
| Intent not known | 97 (4.3%) |
| Injury (any)¶ | |
| N33, N34 spinal cord lesion | 23 (1.0) |
| N19, N26 fracture of femur | 107 (4.7) |
| N20 fracture of patella, tibia, fibula or ankle | 102 (4.5) |
| N28 Moderate to severe traumatic brain injury | 611 (27.0) |
| N37, N17, N18 Crush injury, fracture foot/hand bones | 78 (3.5) |
| N43 internal haemorrhage in abdomen or pelvis | 265 (11.7) |
| N27 minor TBI | 626 (27.7) |
| N21 fracture of pelvis | 102 (4.5) |
| N42 severe chest injury | 193 (8.5) |
| N8, N9, N10 burns (including lower airways) | 52 (2.3) |
| N25 fracture of vertebral column | 104 (4.6) |
| N35, N36 asphyxiation, non-fatal submersion | 16 (0.7) |
| N40, N44 contusion, open wound | 432 (19.1) |
| N14 other injuries of muscle and tendon and other dislocations | 190 (8.4) |
| N15 fracture of clavicle, scapula or humerus | 218 (9.7) |
| N22 fracture of radius or ulna | 238 (10.5) |
| Other | 1003 (44.4) |
*Missing n=104.
†Missing n=77
‡Missing n<5
§Missing n=76
¶Order was based on GBD 2013 and children could have more than one of these injuries.
BCCH-LIO, British Columbia Children’s Hospital Longitudinal Injury Outcomes; CHAI, Children’s Health After Injury; ED, emergency department; GBD, Global Burden of Disease; TBI, traumatic brain injury; UKBOI, UK Burden of Injury; VSTR, Victorian State Trauma Registry.