Nonfatal injury emergency department visits and inpatient hospitalizations among persons under age 65 with an intellectual and developmental disability or deaf or hard of hearing disability

Table 2 Demographics of nonfatal injury emergency department (ED) visits and inpatient hospitalizations (IP) by disability status in Kentucky, 2019–2023

	Injuries Treated in ED and IP
	Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities	Deaf or Hard of Hearing Disabilities	No Intellectual or Developmental, Deaf or Hard of Hearing Disabilities
Number of Injuries	2414	2700	1,735,237
	Rate (Number of Injuries/1,000 Disability Group ED + IP)
Overall Injury Rate	133	131	199
Age Group (in Years)
0–17	123	196	253
18–34	140	173	193
35–64	130	111	178
Sex
Female	131	124	170
Male	134	138	236
Race
Black	98	127	179
White	138	131	204
Other	99	151	175
Ethnicity
Hispanic	108	117	169
Non-Hispanic	133	131	201
Metro Status
Metro	139	137	196
Non-Metro	126	122	204
Appalachian Status
Non-Appalachian	131	136	200
Appalachian	135	117	198

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