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Table 2 Average annual numbers and age-adjusted rates of traumatic unintentional injury hospitalizations by BAC test result and type of injury, Illinois, 2006–2015

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

 

Negative BAC Test Result

Positive BAC Test Result

Mechanism/case of injurya

n

%

Age-adjusted Rateb (95% CI)

n

%

Age-adjusted Rateb (95% CI)

Total

5,063

100.0

40.8 (0.815–0.824)

1,076

100.0

8.7 (0.166–0.185)

Chocking/suffocation

1

< 0.0

< 0.0

< 0

< 0.0

0.0

Cut/pierce

44

0.9

0.4 (0.006–0.011)

22

2.0

0.2 (0.014–0.031)

Drowning/submersion

7

< 0.1

<  0.1

1

< 0.1

< 0.0

Falls

488

9.6

3.9 (0.089–0.105)

127

11.8

1.0 (0.100–0.139)

Fire/burn

66

1.3

0.5 (0.010–0.017)

7

< 0.7

< 0.1

Firearm

97

1.9

0.8 (0.016–0.023)

11

1.0

0.1(0.005–0.018)

Machinery

17

0.3

0.1 (0.002–0.005)

1

< 0.1

< 0.0

Motor vehicle

3,410

67.4

27.5 (0.074–0.089)

785

73.0

6.3 90.703–0.757)

Natural/environment

14

0.3

0.1 (0.002–0.005)

7

< 0.7

< 0.1

Other*

42

0.8

0.3 (0.006–0.011)

6

< 0.6

< 0.0

Overexertion

3

< 0.1

< 0.0

0

< 0.0

< 0.0

Pedal cyclist, other

592

11.7

4.8 (0.108–0.126)

74

6.9

0.6 (0.055–0.086)

Poisoning

17

0.3

0.1(0.002–0.005)

10

0.9

0.1 (0.005–0.017)

Struck by/against

250

4.9

2.0 (0.044–0.056)

16

1.5

0.1(0.009–0.024)

Unspecified

15

0.3

0.1(0.001–0.005)

9

< 0.8

< 0.1

  1. Source: Illinois Department of Health Trauma Registry
  2. aExtrnal cause of injury is based on E-codes
  3. bAge-adjusted hospitalization rates are based on age-specific hospitalization rates per 100,000 population in 10 to 19 age group. Age-adjusted hospitalization rates are computed by the direct method, using as the standard population the age distribution of the total population of the United States for the year 2000. Hospitalization records with missing race, insurance and legislation of interest nformation were excluded from the analysis
  4. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; BAC, Blood Alcohol Concentration
  5. *Other, not elsewhere classified