Distribution of the 1881 childhood (0–14 years) injuries attributable to bed falls recorded in EDISS for the three year period 1996–1998 by age, activity, and type of bed
| Age | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–4 | 5–9 | 10+ | ||||
| Bunk bed number (%) | Conventional bed number (%) | Bunk bed number (%) | Conventional bed number (%) | Bunk bed number (%) | Conventional bed number (%) | |
| *Odds ratio for a bunk bed injury attributable to a fall during sleep rather than during leisure time. | ||||||
| Activity | ||||||
| leisure | 83 (88.3) | 1142 (84.6) | 66 (82.5) | 230 (90.2) | 10 (47.8) | 70 (88.6) |
| sleep | 11 (11.7) | 208 (15.4) | 14 (17.5) | 25 (9.8) | 12 (52.2) | 9 (11.4) |
| Total | 94 (100.0) | 1350 (100.0) | 80 (100.0) | 255 (100.0) | 23 (100.0) | 79 (100.0) |
| Odds ratio | 0.72 | 1.95 | 8.48 | |||
| p Values | 0.33 | 0.06 | 0.0001 | |||