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Table 1 Demographic and trauma center region of adolescents aged 10–19 hospitalized by BAC level, Illinois, 2006–2015

From: Patient-level factors are more salient than a legislation prohibiting minors in bars in predicting unintentional injury hospitalizations

Characteristic

Tested Negative for BAC (n = 5,063)

n (%)

Tested Positive for BAC (n = 1,076)

n (%)

Age group*

 10–14 years

810 (16.0)

32 (3.8)

 15–19 years

4,253 (84.0)

1,044 (97.0)

Gender

 Male

3,261 (64.4)

712 (66.2)

 Female

1,802 (35.6)

364 (33.8)

Insurance status

 No private insurance

1,914 (37.8)

434 (40.3)

 Private Insurance

3,149 (62.2)

642 (59.7)

Race*

 Blacks and other minorities

1,082 (21.4)

171 (15.9)

 Whites

3,981 (78.6)

905 (84.1)

EMS Trauma Center Region*

 Region 1

264 (5.2)

93 (8.6)

 Region 2

980 (19.4)

181 (16.8)

 Region 3

886 (17.5)

50 (4.6)

 Region 4

145 (2.9)

38 (3.5)

 Region 5

57 (1.1)

10 (0.9)

 Region 6

173 (3.4)

61 (5.7)

 Region 7

784 (15.5)

184 (17.1)

 Region 8

572 (11.3)

130 (12.1)

 Region 9

765 (15.1)

203 (18.9)

 Region 10

199 (3.9)

50 (4.6)

 Region 11

238 (4.7)

76 (7.1)

  1. Chi-square test
  2. BAC blood alcohol concentration
  3. EMS emergence medical service
  4. We conducted bivariate analyses using the X2 test for categorical variables
  5. *P < .05