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

Bunn, Terry L.; Seals, Jacqueline; Quesinberry, Dana; Murphy, Alaina; Costich, Julia F.

doi:10.1186/s40621-025-00580-2

Injury Epidemiology

Table 4 Rate ratios for nonfatal injuries by disability status and demographics in Kentucky, 2019–2023

From: 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

			Stratified Model
	Overall Model		Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities		Deaf or Hard of Hearing Disabilities		No Intellectual and Developmental, Deaf or Hard of Hearing Disabilities (Reference Group)
	Adjusted Rate Ratio (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted Rate Ratio (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted Rate Ratio (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted Rate Ratio (95% CI)	p-value
Disability Status
Overall	0.999 (0.996–1.001)	0.169	0.667 (0.640–0.694)	< 0.001	0.658 (0.633–0.683)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.998–1.002)	1.000
Age Group
0–17	0.999 (0.995–1.003)	0.726	0.484 (0.420–0.556)	< 0.001	0.774 (0.710–0.845)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.996–1.004)	1.000
18–34	0.999 (0.995–1.003)	0.719	0.726 (0.678–0.778)	< 0.001	0.895 (0.823–0.974)	0.001	1.000 (0.996–1.004)	1.000
35–64	0.998 (0.995–1.001)	0.222	0.731 (0.694–0.771)	< 0.001	0.622 (0.593–0.653)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.997–1.003)	1.000
Sex
Female	0.999 (0.996–1.002)	0.561	0.774 (0.729–0.822)	< 0.001	0.731 (0.692–0.773)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.997–1.003)	1.000
Male	0.998 (0.995–1.001)	0.131	0.566 (0.995–1.001)	< 0.001	0.583 (0.553–0.614)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.997–1.003)	1.000
Race
Black	0.999 (0.993–1.005)	0.672	0.548 (0.479–0.626)	< 0.001	0.709 (0.629–0.800)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.994–1.006)	1.000
White	0.998 (0.996–1.001)	0.180	0.678 (0.650–0.707)	< 0.001	0.644 (0.618–0.670)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.998–1.002)	1.000
Other	0.999 (0.987–1.012)	0.930	0.562 (0.367–0.862)	0.008	0.859 (0.676–1.091)	0.212	1.000 (0.987–1.013)	1.000
Ethnicity
Hispanic	0.999 (0.988–1.011)	0.915	0.642 (0.422–0.974)	0.037	0.695 (0.537–0.899)	0.006	1.000 (0.989–1.011)	1.000
Non-Hispanic	0.999 (0.996–1.001)	0.164	0.664 (0.638–0.691)	< 0.001	0.655 (0.631–0.681)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.998–1.002)	1.000
Metro Status
Metro	0.999 (0.996–1.002)	0.347	0.708 (0.672–0.747)	< 0.001	0.699 (0.667–0.733)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.997–1.003)	1.000
Non-Metro	0.998 (0.995–1.002)	0.318	0.617 (0.580–0.656)	< 0.001	0.598 (0.562–0.637)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.997–1.003)	1.000
Appalachian Status
Non-Appalachian	0.999 (0.996–1.001)	0.266	0.659 (0.626–0.693)	< 0.001	0.680 (0.652–0.710)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.998–1.003)	1.000
Appalachian	0.998 (0.995–1.002)	0.418	0.681 (0.638–0.727)	< 0.001	0.588 (0.542–0.637)	< 0.001	1.000 (0.996–1.004)	1.000

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