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Table 4 Distributions of demographics and riding behaviors between 305 child passengers with motorcycle injuries at the emergency department and 193 child passengers in a parking lot of a shopping mall

From: Effects of helmet nonuse and seating position on patterns and severity of injuries in child motorcycle passengers

Characteristic

Child passengers in the ED (N = 305)

Child passengers in a parking lot (N = 193)

p value

No.

(%)

No.

(%)

Child passenger

 Age (mean ± SD, years)

7.1

±3.5

6.6

±2.9

 

   ≤ 3

77

(25.2)

42

(21.8)

0.021

  4~6

71

(23.3)

67

(34.7)

 

   ≥ 7

157

(51.5)

84

(43.5)

 

 Sex

  Boy

161

(52.8)

99

(53.5)

0.876

  Girl

144

(47.2)

86

(46.5)

 

 Helmet type

     

 Unhelmeted

128

(42.9)

77

(40.3)

0.653

 Half-coverage

151

(50.7)

98

(51.3)

 

 Full-coverage

19

(11.4)

16

(8.4)

 

 Seating position

  In front of the operator

155

(51.0)

109

(56.8)

0.209

  Behind the operator

149

(49.0)

83

(43.2)

 

 Multiple passengers

  Yes

125

(41.1)

91

(47.4)

0.170

  No

179

(58.9)

101

(52.6)

 

 Riding speed (mean ± SD, km/h)

29.2

±13.6

42.0

±12.7

< 0.001

Adult operator

 Age (years)

40.7

±13.1

36.5

±5.7

< 0.001

   ≤ 35

102

(39.7)

77

(40.1)

< 0.001

  36~50

101

(39.3)

113

(58.9)

 

   ≥ 51

54

(21.0)

2

(1.0)

 

 Sex

  Male

91

(29.8)

63

(32.6)

0.509

  Female

214

(70.2)

130

(67.4)

 

 Educational level

  Elementary or below

42

(17.9)

5

(2.6)

< 0.001

  High school

131

(56.0)

90

(46.6)

 

  College and above

61

(26.1)

98

(50.8)