Injuries among young workers in career-technical-vocational education and associations with per pupil spending

BMC Public Health

Table 5 Injury reports to the New Jersey Safe Schools Program state-law based surveillance, 12/1998–06/2015, by per pupil spending (PPS) status

Characteristics	Higher PPS^a		Lower PPS^b
Characteristics	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Gender
Male	812	72.1	632	69.3
Female	314	27.9	280	30.7
Treatment (p = 0.03)
Hospital	399	58.0	407	52.3
Doctor	289	42.0	371	47.7
Severity^c (p = 0.0002)
Non-disabling	775	72.2	547	64.2
Temporary Disabling	299	27.8	305	35.8
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Use^d (p = 0.86)
Yes	101	50.0	202	48.9
No	101	50.0	211	51.1

^aHigher PPS signifies PPS above median, $17,447 (inflation-adjusted 2010 U.S. dollars)
^bLower PPS signifies PPS below median, $17,447 (inflation-adjusted 2010 U.S. dollars)
^cThere was one permanent disability reported within the higher PPS group; no deaths reported
^dYes and No indicated PPE used and no type of PPE used at the time of incidents, respectively

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