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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of older people and working population

From: Factors associated with the occurrence of injuries requiring hospital transfer among older and working-age pedestrians in Kurume, Japan

  

Older people

Working-age people

p value

Age

 

65 -

18–64

 
  

(n = 229)

(n = 316)

 

Male

 

76 (33.2%)

160 (50.5%)

<0.0001

Severely injured

75 (32.8%)

31 (9.8%)

<0.0001

Time

0:00–4:00

3 (1.3%)

28 (8.8%)

<0.0001

 

4:00–8:00

33 (14.4%)

26 (8.2%)

 
 

8:00–12:00

60 (26.2%)

44 (13.9%)

 
 

12:00–16:00

34 (14.8%)

29 (9.1%)

 
 

16:00–20:00

78 (34.1%)

112 (35.3%)

 
 

20:00–24:00

21 (9.2%)

78 (24.6%)

 

Season

Spring

71 (31.0%)

86 (27.1%)

0.17

 

Summer

54 (23.6%)

70 (22.1%)

 
 

Fall

37 (16.2%)

76 (24.0%)

 
 

Winter

67 (29.3%)

85 (26.8%)

 

Network distance travelled (mean [SD]) (m)

1128 (1837)

1939 (2487)

<0.0001

National road

60 (18.9%)

43 (18.8%)

0.97

Road width

< 3 m

9 (3.5%)

16 (5.0%)

0.001

 

3 < < 5 m

75 (32.8%)

127 (40.1%)

 
 

5 < < 13 m

107 (46.7%)

96 (30.3%)

 
 

> 13 m

38 (16.6%)

78 (24.6%)

 

Densely inhabited district (mean [SD]) (%)

170 (74.2%)

256 (80.8%)

0.07

Aging rate in the residential area (mean [SD]) (%)

19.64 (5.17)

17.80 (4.93)

0.001

Proportion of lower socioeconomic status in the census enumeration district (mean [SD]) (%)

40.80 (6.50)

41.51 (7.53)

0.25