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Table 3 Correlations Between Demographic Characteristics and Nonmotorized Scooter Injury Rate in New York City United Health Fund Districts (N = 42)

From: Incidence and factors related to nonmotorized scooter injuries in New York State and New York City, 2005–2020

Demographic Characteristic

Correlation

 

Coefficient

p Value

Percent non-Hispanic Whiteb

.45

.002

Percent non-Hispanic Blackb

-.48

.001

Percent non-Hispanic Asianb

.44

.003

Percent Hispanicb

-.35

.023

Median family incomebc

.59

.000

Per capita incomebc

.61

.000

Percent of population 25 years or age or older who have a B.A. degree or moreb

.61

.000

Percent of population under 18 below the poverty rateb

-.40

.009

Percent of population with no health insuranceb

-.21

.171

Percent of insured population with public

health insuranceb

-.54

.000

Number of major skate parksb

-.14

.368

  1. bAnalysis is confined to those under the age of 18
  2. cCalculated by computing the median value of this variable for all zipcodes within each UHF district