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Table 2 Odds ratio and 95% CI for motor vehicle fatalities during Memorial Day weekends

From: Motor vehicle fatalities during Memorial Day weekends, 1981–2016

 

OR

95% CI

p-value1

Total fatalities

1.09

1.07, 1.12

< 0.001

Day of week

 Saturday

1.08

1.04, 1.12

< 0.001

 Sunday

1.04

1.00, 1.08

0.052

 Monday

1.18

1.13, 1.23

< 0.001

Year groups

 1981–1985

1.07

1.01, 1.13

0.030

 1986–1990

1.08

1.02, 1.15

0.007

 1991–1995

1.08

1.01, 1.14

0.021

 1996–2000

1.08

1.02, 1.15

0.015

 2001–2005

1.11

1.05, 1.18

0.001

 2006–2010

1.11

1.04, 1.18

0.002

 2011–20163

1.11

1.04, 1.18

0.001

Age (years)

 < 18

1.10

1.03, 1.18

0.004

 18–64

1.11

1.08, 1.14

< 0.001

 ≥ 65

0.97

0.91, 1.04

0.385

Sex

 Male

1.09

1.06, 1.12

< 0.001

 Female

1.10

1.05, 1.15

< 0.001

Role

 Driver

1.05

1.02, 1.08

0.001

 Passenger

1.23

1.18, 1.29

< 0.001

 Pedestrian/other

0.99

0.93, 1.06

0.819

Region

 Midwest

1.10

1.05, 1.16

< 0.001

 Northeast

1.16

1.09, 1.24

< 0.001

 South

1.07

1.03, 1.11

< 0.001

 West

1.08

1.03, 1.13

< 0.001

Location

 Rural

1.14

1.07, 1.21

< 0.001

 Urban

1.08

1.06, 1.11

< 0.001

  1. The referent group is fatalities during control days
  2. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval
  3. 1The statistical significance was defined as p < 0.05. Statistically significant p-values are italics
  4. 2We regard p-value = 0.05 as marginally statistical significance
  5. 3The final year grouping (2011–2016) has 6 rather than 5 years
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