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Table 3 Incidence rate ratio of injury-related ED visits by food insecurity status, in the overall sample and subsamples by sex and age

From: Examining the relationship between food insecurity and causes of injury in Canadian adults and adolescents

 

Food-secure

Marginal FI

Moderate FI

Severe FI

Injury-related ED visit, unadjusted (n = 212,300)

reference

1.19 (1.10–1.29)

1.44 (1.34–1.54)

1.87 (1.72–2.04)

Injury-related ED visit (n = 212,300)

reference

1.02 (0.93–1.11)

1.16 (1.07–1.25)

1.35 (1.24–1.48)

Male (n = 96,700)

reference

1.00 (0.88–1.13)

1.03 (0.93–1.14)

1.37 (1.19–1.59)

Female (n = 115,600)

reference

1.06 (0.95–1.18)

1.23 (1.10–1.37)

1.38 (1.24–1.54)

12–17 years old (n = 18,600)

reference

0.96 (0.80–1.15)

1.19 (1.03–1.39)

1.25 (1.00–1.57)

18–64 years old (n = 140,200)

reference

1.07 (0.98–1.17)

1.16 (1.07–1.27)

1.43 (1.29–1.58)

65+ years old (n = 53,500)

reference

0.89 (0.60–1.32)

1.29 (1.01–1.65)

1.17 (0.81–1.71)

  1. Notes: ED = emergency department. FI = food insecurity. All estimates are from Poisson models; 95% confidence intervals are shown in parentheses after incidence rate ratios. Unless specified otherwise, all Poisson models adjusted for sex, age, race-ethnicity, immigrant status, household income, income imputation status, highest education in household, housing tenure, household type, jurisdiction of residence, smoking status, past-year alcohol consumption, CCHS cycle, and number of ED visits in the year before