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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics by crash type in the inception cohort

From: Describing and comparing the characteristics of injured bicyclists and other injured road users: a prospective cohort study

Characteristic

Bicyclist (N = 238)

Car driver passenger (N = 234)

Motorbike driver or passenger (N = 193)

Pedestrian/skateboard (N = 83)a

P value

Age (years)

41.7 (12.7)

43.1 (17.6)

38.5 (12.7)

42.6 (18.1)

0.01

Age group

    

<0.0001

 17–24 years

22 (9.2)

42 (18.0)

28 (14.5)

14 (16.9)

 

 25–44 years

114 (47.9)

89 (38.0)

104 (54.9)

34 (41.0)

 

 45–59 years

84 (35.3)

54 (23.1)

48 (24.9)

17 (20.5)

 

 60+ years

18 (7.6)

49 (20.9)

13 (6.7)

18 (21.7)

 

Gender

    

<0.0001

 Male

180 (75.6)

113 (48.3)

168 (87.1)

50 (60.2)

 

 Female

58 (24.4)

121 (51.7)

25 (12.9)

33 (40.0)

 

Educational level

    

<0.0001

 University/tertiary

155 (65.1)

98 (41.9)

69 (36.0)

46 (55.4)

 

 Other

83 (34.9)

136 (58.1)

124 (64.3)

37 (44.6)

 

Work status

    

<0.0001

 Paid work

207 (87.0)

162 (69.2)

173 (89.6)

51 (61.5)

 

 Other

31 (13.0)

72 (30.8)

20 (10.4)

32 (38.6)

 

Occupation (among paid workers)

    

0.0006

 Professional

110 (53.7)

66 (41.0)

61 (36.1)

27 (52.9)

 

 Clerical services

7 (3.4)

12 (7.5)

9 (5.3)

2 (3.9)

 

 Technical/trade services

24 (11.7)

14 (8.7)

38 (22.5)

8 (15.7)

 

 Manager

35 (17.1)

17 (10.6)

27 (16.0)

6 (11.8)

 

 Community/personal services

7 (3.4)

18 (11.2)

8 (4.7)

3 (5.9)

 

 Labourer

6 (2.9)

9 (5.6)

11 (6.5)

2 (3.9)

 

 Sales worker

12 (5.8)

13 (8.1)

9 (5.3)

1 (2.0)

 

 Machinery operator or driver

4 (1.9)

12 (7.5)

6 (3.6)

2 (3.9)

 

Marital status

    

0.002

 Divorced, widowed or separated

8 (3.4)

21 (9.0)

9 (4.7)

6 (7.2)

 

 Married or defacto

132 (55.5)

113 (48.2)

91 (47.2)

26 (31.3)

 

 Never married

98 (41.2)

100 (42.7)

93 (48.2)

51 (61.5)

 

 No

231 (97.1)

212 (91.0)

184 (95.3)

78 (94.0)

 

 Moderate

31 (17.7)

47 (24.6)

37 (23.7)

11 (18.6)

 

 Small or none

125 (71.4)

88 (46.1)

79 (50.6)

36 (61.0)

 
  1. Data are presented as n (%) or mean (SD)
  2. aIncludes 68 pedestrians and 15 skateboard riders