Table 3 Multivariate analysis of risk factors associated with electric scooter injuries
Admission Status | ||||||||||
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No | Yesa | |||||||||
Count | Percentage | Mean | Standard Deviation | Count | Percentage | Mean | Standard Deviation | P value | ||
Total | 1095 | 100% | 96 | 100% | ||||||
Day | Weekday | 722 | 65.9% | 67 | 69.8% | 0.500 | ||||
Weekend | 373 | 34.1% | 29 | 30.2% | ||||||
Season | Fall | 287 | 26.2% | 17 | 17.7% | 0.129 | ||||
Spring | 256 | 23.4% | 31 | 32.3% | ||||||
Summer | 371 | 33.9% | 34 | 35.4% | ||||||
Winter | 181 | 16.5% | 14 | 14.6% | ||||||
Age | 26 | 24 | 37 | 31 | < 0.001 | |||||
Sex | Male | 677 | 61.8% | 72 | 75.0% | 0.011 | ||||
Female | 418 | 38.2% | 24 | 25.0% | ||||||
Race | Not Recorded | 337 | 30.8% | 28 | 29.2% | 0.567 | ||||
White | 494 | 45.1% | 49 | 51.0% | ||||||
African American | 200 | 18.3% | 16 | 16.7% | ||||||
Asian American | 48 | 4.4% | 1 | 1.0% | ||||||
Native American | 14 | 1.3% | 2 | 2.1% | ||||||
Pacific Islander | 2 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||
Helmet Use | Yes | 44 | 38.3% | 8 | 38.1% | 0.989 | ||||
No | 71 | 61.7% | 13 | 61.9% | ||||||
Location | Not Recorded | 399 | 36.4% | 25 | 26.0% | 0.008 | ||||
Home | 212 | 19.4% | 13 | 13.5% | ||||||
Street or Highway | 307 | 28.0% | 45 | 46.9% | ||||||
Public Property | 150 | 13.7% | 11 | 11.5% | ||||||
School | 5 | 0.5% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||
Recreational | 22 | 2.0% | 2 | 2.1% | ||||||
Multiple Riders | No | 1075 | 98.2% | 95 | 99.0% | 1.000 | ||||
Yes | 20 | 1.8% | 1 | 1.0% | ||||||
Thrown from vehicle | No | 177 | 16.2% | 15 | 15.6% | 1.000 | ||||
Yes | 918 | 83.8% | 81 | 84.4% | ||||||
Scooter struck MVb | No | 943 | 86.1% | 65 | 67.7% | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 152 | 13.9% | 31 | 32.3% | ||||||
Speed > 20 | No | 39 | 69.6% | 6 | 60.0% | 0.714 | ||||
Yes | 17 | 30.4% | 4 | 40.0% | ||||||
Alcohol | No | 1077 | 98.4% | 91 | 94.8% | 0.032 | ||||
Yes | 18 | 1.6% | 5 | 5.2% | ||||||
Region of Body | Head/neck/face | 338 | 30.9% | 28 | 29.2% | < 0.001 | ||||
Limbs | 655 | 59.8% | 42 | 43.8% | ||||||
Multiple | 8 | 0.7% | 1 | 1.0% | ||||||
Other | 4 | 0.4% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||
Torso | 90 | 8.2% | 25 | 26.0% | ||||||
Diagnosis | Brain | 143 | 13.1% | 23 | 24.0% | < 0.001 | ||||
Burns | 8 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.0% | ||||||
Contusion/laceration/abrasions | 447 | 40.8% | 8 | 8.3% | ||||||
Fracture | 236 | 21.6% | 54 | 56.3% | ||||||
Internal organ | 1 | 0.1% | 3 | 3.1% | ||||||
Musculoskeletal | 41 | 3.7% | 3 | 3.1% | ||||||
Strain/sprain | 219 | 20.0% | 5 | 5.2% | ||||||
Stratum | Childrens | 202 | 18.4% | 21 | 21.9% | 0.050 | ||||
Large | 192 | 17.5% | 17 | 17.7% | ||||||
Medium | 178 | 16.3% | 13 | 13.5% | ||||||
Small | 122 | 11.1% | 2 | 2.1% | ||||||
Very Large | 401 | 36.6% | 43 | 44.8% | ||||||