Demographics | Northeast | Midwest | South | West | Total |
Total Firearm Injury | 52 829 (16.6) | 66 671 (21.0) | 134 008 (42.2) | 63 972 (20.2) | 317479 |
Sex | |||||
Male | 48 546 (91.9) | 59 364 (89) | 117 517 (87.8) | 55 756 (89.7) | 281 183 (89.1) |
Female | 4264 (8.1) | 7313 (11) | 16 359 (12.2) | 6422 (10.3) | 34 358 (10.9) |
Total | 52 810 (100) | 66 677 (100) | 133 876 (100) | 62 178 (100) | 315 539 (100) |
PAYCLUMP | |||||
Medicare | 2215 (4.2) | 3967 (5.9) | 9649 (7.2) | 2835 (4.4) | 18 666 (5.9) |
Medicaid | 25 070 (47.5) | 19 096 (28.6) | 28 602 (21.3) | 21 917 (34.3) | 94 685 (29.8) |
Private insurance | 9501 (18) | 16 659 (25) | 29 392 (21.9) | 12 786 (20) | 68 338 (21.5) |
Self-pay | 12 212 (23.1) | 19 735 (29.6) | 45 394 (33.9) | 15 022 (23.5) | 92 362 (29.1) |
Other pay | 3827 (7.2) | 7225 (10.8) | 20 957 (15.6) | 11 420 (17.8) | 43 429 (13.7) |
Total | 52 825 (100) | 66 682 (100) | 133 994 (100) | 63 9780(100) | 317 480 (100) |
Race (uniform) | |||||
White | 8287 (16.2) | 12 332 (27.8) | 40 522 (33.5) | 14 964 (26.6) | 76 105 (27.9) |
Black | 33 067 (64.6) | 27 184 (61.4) | 61 451 (50.8) | 13 452 (23.9) | 135 154 (49.5) |
Hispanic | 6661 (13) | 2998 (6.8) | 13 744 (11.4) | 23 775 (42.2) | 47 178 (17.3) |
Asian Pacific | 318 (0.6) | 211 (0.5) | 794 (0.7) | 1571 (2.8) | 2894 (1.1) |
Native American | 73 (0.1) | 174 (0.4) | 898 (0.7) | 819 (1.5) | 1964 (0.7) |
Other | 2794 (5.5) | 1387 (3.1) | 3527 (2.9) | 1770 (3.1) | 9478 (3.5) |
Total | 51 200 (100) | 44 286 (100) | 120 936 (100) | 56 351 (100) | 272 773 (100) |
Median household income national quartile for patient ZIP code | |||||
0 to 25th percentile | 25 045 (47.4) | 33 542 (50.3) | 64 935 (48.5) | 19 548 (30.6) | 143 070 (45.1) |
26th to 50th percentile | 8898 (16.8) | 13 736 (20.6) | 29 408 (21.9) | 15 270 (23.9) | 67 312 (21.2) |
51st to 75th percentile | 6977 (13.2) | 7451 (11.2) | 17 192 (12.8) | 13 220 (20.7) | 44 840 (14.1) |
76th to 100th percentile | 4424 (8.4) | 3045 (4.6) | 7010 (5.2) | 7079 (11.1) | 21 558 (6.8) |
Missing | 7480 (14.2) | 8909 (13.4) | 15 449 (11.5) | 8862 (13.9) | 40 700 (12.8) |
Total | 52 824 (100) | 66 683 (100) | 133 994 (100) | 63 979 (100) | 317 480 (100) |
Injury severity score assigned by ICDPIC Stata program clumped | |||||
0–9 ISS | 29 807 (60.8) | 33 776 (57.7) | 71 313 (58.3) | 32 475 (56.3) | 167 371 (58.2) |
10–15 ISS | 8516 (17.4) | 11 236 (19.2) | 23 110 (18.9) | 10 983 (19) | 53 845 (18.7) |
16–25 ISS | 8109 (16.6) | 10 457 (17.9) | 21 736 (17.8) | 10 704 (18.6) | 51 006 (17.7) |
26 or greater ISS | 2563 (5.2) | 3021 (5.2) | 6240 (5.1) | 3534 (6.1) | 15 358 (5.3) |
Total | 48 995 (100) | 58 490 (100) | 122 399 (100) | 57 696 (100) | 287 578 (100) |
Intent of GSW | |||||
No E-code | 1217 (2.3) | 3434 (5.1) | 5716 (4.3) | 11 708 (18.3) | 22 075 (7) |
Unintentional | 9556 (18.1) | 14 032 (21) | 36 322 (27.1) | 10 397 (16.3) | 70 307 (22.1) |
Self-Inflicted | 2731 (5.2) | 5162 (7.7) | 13 555 (10.1) | 4625 (7.2) | 26 073 (8.2) |
Assault | 35 673 (67.5) | 40 393 (60.6) | 68 846 (51.4) | 35 342 (55.2) | 180 254 (56.8) |
Undetermined | 3482 (6.6) | 3466 (5.2) | 9104 (6.8) | 1633 (2.6) | 17 685 (5.6) |
Legal intervention | 167 (0.3) | 196 (0.3) | 450 (0.3) | 274 (0.4) | 1087 (0.3) |
Total | 52 826 (100) | 66 683 (100) | 133 993 (100) | 63 979 (100) | 317 479 (100) |
Disposition of patient (uniform) | |||||
Home | 35 991 (68.1) | 47 678 (71.5) | 96 252 (71.8) | 47 082 (73.6) | 227 003 (71.5) |
Transfer to other hospital | 1187 (2.2) | 1344 (2) | 2530 (1.9) | 2721 (4.3) | 7782 (2.5) |
Transfer to rehabilitation | 5216 (9.9) | 6084 (9.1) | 11 926 (8.9) | 5413 (8.5) | 28 639 (9) |
Home health | 5366 (10.2) | 5342 (8) | 10 363 (7.7) | 2381 (3.7) | 23 452 (7.4) |
Against Medical Advice (AMA) | 1159 (2.2) | 1112 (1.7) | 1769 (1.3) | 943 (1.5) | 4983 (1.6) |
Died | 3906 (7.4) | 5071 (7.6) | 11 102 (8.3) | 5259 (8.2) | 25 338 (8) |
Unknown/other | 0 (0) | 51 (0.1) | 51 (0) | 180 (0.3) | 282 (0.1) |
Total | 52 825 (100) | 66 682 (100) | 133 993 (100) | 63 979 (100) | 317 479 (100) |
Length of stay (Days) | 7.4 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
Average Age | 28.6 | 29.8 | 32.3 | 29.9 | 30.7 |
Injury severity score | 10.2 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 10.6 |
AMA, Against Medical Advice; GSW, gun shot wound; ISS, injury severity score.