Skip to main content

Table 2 Hospital admission due to isolated TBI among siblings according to birth order

From: The effect of birth order on length of hospitalization for pediatric traumatic brain injury: an analysis of the 1987 Finnish birth cohort

 

1987–1992

1993–1998

1999–2005

1987–2005

Birth order

≤ 2 days

Frequency (%)

>  2 days

Frequency (%)

≤ 2 days

Frequency (%)

>  2 days

Frequency (%)

≤ 2 days

Frequency (%)

>  2 days

Frequency (%)

≤ 2 days

Frequency (%)

>  2 days

Frequency (%)

First

70 (85.4%)

12 (14.6%)

140 (81.4%)

32 (18.6%)

334 (93.0%)

25 (7.0%)

544 (88.7%)

69 (11.3%)

Second

92 (88.5%)

12 (11.5%)

147 (87.5%)

21 (12.5%)

276 (93.9%)

18 (6.1%)

515 (91.0%)

51 (9.0%)

Third

39 (83.0%)

8 (17.0%)

63 (81.8%)

14 (18.2%)

147 (95.5%)

7 (4.5%)

249 (89.6%)

29 (10.4%)

Fourth or higher

24 (77.4%)

7 (22.6%)

38 (80.9%)

9 (19.1%)

75 (94.9%)

4 (5.1%)

137 (87.3%)

20 (12.7%)