Table 2

Safety equipment provision in intervention areas*

Type of safety equipmentNumber (%) of families provided with each type of equipmentTotal number of pieces of equipment† provided (% of total n fitted)
Any safety equipment64 590493 510 (100.0%)
Safety gate56 894106 986 (21.7%)
Cupboard locks51 45992 287 (18.7%)
Window restrictors24 77388 638 (18.0%)
Corner cushions44 40480 683 (16.3%)
Bath/shower mat54 18854 432 (11.0%)
Fire guard34 00935 852 (7.3%)
Cord winders18 67034 632 (7.0%)
  • *Equipment fitted in all Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOAs) prior to the selection of LSOAs for the analysis (as shown in online supplemental figure S1).

  • †Some pieces of safety equipment (corner cushions and cord winders) were supplied in packs containing several items, and in these instances, packs rather than individual items were counted.