Table 3 Serious injury admission rates (95% CI) per year per 100 000 children by area type for selected causes | Pedestrians | Cyclists | Car occupants | Falls |
Rate (95% CI) | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Rate (95% CI) | Rate ratio (CI) | Rate (95% CI) | Rate ratio (95% CI) | Rate (95% CI) | Rate ratio (95% CI) |
Urban | 2.4 (2.2 to 2.6) | 1.0 (referent) | 1.5 (1.4 to 1.7) | 1.0 (referent) | 0.5 (0.5 to 0.6) | 1.0 (referent) | 6.0 (5.7 to 6.2) | 1.0 (referent) |
London | 2.1 (1.8 to 2.5) | 0.88 (0.74 to 1.04) | 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5) | 0.78 (0.62 to 0.98) | 0.4 (0.3 to 0.6) | 0.74 (0.50 to 1.10) | 9.6 (9.2 to 10.7) | 1.60 (1.47 to 1.75) |
Town and fringe | 1.6 (1.3 to 2.0) | 0.67 (0.53 to 0.86) | 1.5 (1.2 to 1.9) | 1.01 (0.79 to 1.30) | 0.6 (0.4 to 0.9) | 1.18 (0.80 to 1.75) | 6.6 (5.9 to 7.4) | 1.11 (0.98 to 1.25) |
Village | 1.5 (1.2 to 2.0) | 0.64 (0.50 to 0.83) | 1.6 (1.2 to 2.0) | 1.04 (0.81 to 1.34) | 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) | 1.51 (1.05 to 2.17) | 4.6 (3.9 to 5.2) | 0.76 (0.66 to 0.88) |