Characteristics of children admitted to a hospital in England for a period of at least 28 days with an ICD-10 diagnosis code indicating a PSABIR between 1 April 2003 and 31 March 2012
| Males (n=2694) | Females (n=1814) | All (n=4508) | ||||
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| Preschool1–4 | 663 | (24.6) | 545 | (30.0) | 1208 | (26.8) |
| Primary school5–10 *(-) | 526 | (19.5) | 345 | (19.0) | 871 | (19.3) |
| Secondary school11–16 | 887 | (32.9) | 638 | (35.2) | 1525 | (33.8) |
| 16–18*(+) | 618 | (22.9) | 286 | (15.8) | 904 | (20.1) |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| White*(-) | 1479 | (54.9) | 1019 | (56.2) | 2497 | (55.4) |
| Asian | 151 | (5.6) | 110 | (6.1) | 261 | (5.8) |
| Black*(+) | 103 | (3.8) | 74 | (4.1) | 177 | (3.9) |
| Chinese | 5 | (0.2) | 10 | (0.6) | 15 | (0.3) |
| Mixed race*(+) | 40 | (1.5) | 36 | (2.0) | 76 | (1.7) |
| Other*(+) | 62 | (2.3) | 29 | (1.6) | 91 | (2.0) |
| Not known | 395 | (14.7) | 252 | (13.9) | 647 | (14.4) |
| Not stated | 460 | (17.1) | 284 | (15.7) | 744 | (16.5) |
| Region | ||||||
| North East and Cumbria | 151 | (5.7) | 104 | (5.8) | 255 | (5.8) |
| North West*(+) | 439 | (16.7) | 301 | (16.9) | 740 | (16.7) |
| Yorkshire and Humber | 289 | (11.0) | 175 | (9.8) | 464 | (10.5) |
| East Midlands | 220 | (8.4) | 141 | (7.9) | 361 | (8.2) |
| West Midlands | 255 | (9.7) | 173 | (9.7) | 428 | (9.7) |
| East of England | 135 | (5.1) | 128 | (7.2) | 263 | (6.0) |
| South East*(-) | 361 | (13.7) | 219 | (12.3) | 580 | (13.1) |
| South West | 299 | (11.4) | 182 | (10.2) | 481 | (10.9) |
| London*(+) | 452 | (17.2) | 344 | (19.3) | 796 | (18.0) |
| Other*(+) | 32 | (1.3) | 19 | (1.1) | 51 | (1.1) |
| IMD quintile | ||||||
| 1 (most affluent)*(-) | 354 | (13.7) | 302 | (17.2) | 656 | (15.1) |
| 2 | 436 | (16.8) | 250 | (14.2) | 686 | (15.8) |
| 3 | 491 | (18.9) | 344 | (19.6) | 835 | (19.2) |
| 4 | 548 | (21.1) | 326 | (18.6) | 874 | (20.1) |
| 5 (most deprived)*(+) | 763 | (29.4) | 535 | (30.4) | 1298 | (29.8) |
Ethnicity: ‘not stated’, person declined to provide the information; ‘not known’, person not asked; Region, based on home address; ‘other’, including Scotland, Wales, Ireland, The Channel Isles and Isle of Man.
*Indicates that there is a statistically significant difference (p<0.05) between those with a PSABIR and all children admitted with an ABI. A (+) indicates that the proportion in the PSABIR group was higher; a (-) that it was lower.
ABI, acquired brain injury; ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases 10th version; IMD, Index of Multiple Deprivation; PSABIR, probable severe ABI requiring rehabilitation.