External Causes of Injury in Children With and Without Hearing Loss
| Hearing Loss Group | Comparison Group | Hearing Loss vs Comparison Group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| External Cause | No. | Rate per 100 | No. | Rate per 100 | Adjusted Rate Ratio* | 95% CI |
| * Adjusted for age, sex, and race. | ||||||
| Fall | 48 | 4.75 | 1,531 | 1.67 | 2.75 | 2.06– 0.67 |
| Other specified | 32 | 3.17 | 1,378 | 1.50 | 2.02 | 1.42–2.87 |
| Struck by or against | 23 | 2.28 | 1,243 | 1.36 | 1.58 | 1.05–2.39 |
| Cut or pierce | 11 | 1.09 | 498 | 0.54 | 1.89 | 1.04–3.43 |
| Motor vehicle traffic, all | 6 | 0.59 | 460 | 0.50 | ||
| Natural or environmental | 6 | 0.59 | 402 | 0.44 | ||
| Pedal cyclist, other | 5 | 0.50 | 242 | 0.26 | ||
| Fire or hot object or substance | 3 | 0.30 | 93 | 0.10 | ||
| Poisoning | 85 | 0.09 | ||||
| Transportation, all other | 3 | 0.30 | 83 | 0.09 | ||
| Firearm | 35 | 0.04 | ||||
| Suffocation | 9 | 0.01 | ||||
| Machinery | 4 | 0.004 | ||||
| Pedestrian, other | 1 | 0.10 | 4 | 0.004 | ||
| Drowning | 3 | 0.003 | ||||