Characteristics of 8313 patients with intentional or unintentional gun injury who received emergency medical care during the study period
| Characteristic | No. (%) of patients | |
|---|---|---|
| Intentional* n = 3020 | Unintentional n = 5293 | |
| Demographic | ||
| Age, yr | ||
| < 30 | 1857 (61.5) | 3178 (60.0) |
| ≥ 30 | 1163 (38.5) | 2115 (40.0) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 2754 (91.2) | 4756 (89.9) |
| Female | 266 (8.8) | 537 (10.1) |
| Home | ||
| Urban | 2759 (91.4) | 4270 (80.7) |
| Rural | 261 (8.6) | 1023 (19.3) |
| Socioeconomic quintile† | ||
| 5 (highest) | 250 (8.3) | 705 (13.3) |
| 4 | 356 (11.8) | 853 (16.1) |
| 3 | 517 (17.1) | 1034 (19.5) |
| 2 | 716 (23.7) | 1067 (20.2) |
| 1 (lowest) | 1181 (39.1) | 1634 (30.9) |
| Past year health care | ||
| Hospital admission | ||
| Yes | 92 (3.0) | 119 (2.2) |
| No | 2928 (97.0) | 5174 (97.8) |
| Emergency visit | ||
| Yes | 1087 (36.0) | 2095 (39.6) |
| No | 1933 (64.0) | 3198 (60.4) |
| ≥ 7 outpatient visits | ||
| Yes | 342 (11.3) | 509 (9.6) |
| No | 2678 (88.7) | 4784 (90.4) |
| Substance use disorder diagnosis‡ | ||
| Yes | 221 (7.3) | 289 (5.5) |
| No | 2799 (92.7) | 5004 (94.5) |
| Mental health diagnosis§ | ||
| Yes | 698 (23.1) | 1086 (20.5) |
| No | 2322 (76.9) | 4207 (79.5) |
| Acute incident | ||
| Weapon | ||
| Hand gun | 63 (2.1) | 238 (4.5) |
| Long gun | 25 (0.8) | 422 (8.0) |
| Uncertain | 2932 (97.1) | 4633 (87.5) |
| Ambulance | ||
| Yes | 2055 (68.0) | 1284 (24.3) |
| No | 965 (32.0) | 4009 (75.7) |