| Number | Percent | P-valueb |
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Characteristic | | | |
Age (years)c | | | 0.3840 |
≤ 25 | 20 | 35.7 | |
> 25 | 36 | 64.3 | |
Sex | 0.5104 |
Male | 43 | 76.8 | |
Female | 13 | 23.2 | |
Injury Severityd |
Mild-Moderate | 36 | 72.0 | 0.7438 |
Severe | 14 | 28.0 | |
Unclear/Missing | < 10 | | |
Injury Location |
Eye | 10 | 17.9 | |
Hand | 18 | 32.1 | |
Other | 28 | 50.0 | |
Holiday Period | 0.5713 |
Yes | 36 | 64.3 | |
No | 20 | 35.7 | |
Law Status |
Pre-law injury | 20 | 35.7 | |
Post-law injury | 36 | 64.3 | |
- a Due to small sample sizes, demographic characteristics are not presented by pre and post law status to protect patient confidentiality
- b The p-value compares the demographic characteristic before and after the passage of the law by Fisher’s Exact test
- c Age range: 2–69 years; mean age = 33 years, median age = 32.5 years; mean age pre-law 29.7 years (standard deviation 14.5); mean age post-law 34.8 years (standard deviation 16.9)
- d Severe injuries included those where the individuals suffered a first degree burn over a large portion or their body (i.e. multiple appendages), a bone fracture/break, concussive-type injuries (i.e. traumatic brain injury), or amputation of an appendage