Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Firearm Injuries
| Total N = 271 |
2019 N = 78 |
2020 N = 104 |
2021 N = 89 |
P value a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR b) | 16 (14–17) | 16 (14–16) | 16 (14–17) | 15 (14–17) | 0.45 |
| Age Categories, n (%) | 0.24 | ||||
| 1–4 | 18 (6.6) | 6 (7.7) | 4 (3.8) | 8 (9.0) | |
| 5–9 | 13 (4.8) | 3 (3.8) | 3 (2.9) | 7 (7.9) | |
| 10–13 | 23 (8.5) | 4 (5.1) | 13 (12.5) | 6 (6.7) | |
| 14–17 | 217 (80.1) | 65 (83.3) | 84 (80.8) | 68 (76.4) | |
| Sex, n (%) | 0.52 | ||||
| Male | 230 (84.9) | 68 (87.2) | 85 (81.7) | 77 (86.5) | |
| Female | 41 (15.1) | 10 (12.8) | 19 (18.3) | 12 (13.5) | |
| Race, n (%) | 0.08 | ||||
| White | 38 (14.0) | 15 (19.2) | 15 (14.4) | 8 (9.0) | |
| Black | 109 (40.2) | 22 (28.2) | 43 (41.3) | 44 (49.4) | |
| Asian | 3 (1.1) | 1 (1.3) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Other | 114 (42.1) | 37 (47.4) | 40 (38.5) | 37 (41.6) | |
| Ethnicity, n (%) | 0.90 | ||||
| Hispanic | 77 (28.4) | 23 (29.5) | 30 (28.8) | 24 (27.0) | |
| Non-Hispanic | 170 (62.7) | 46 (59.0) | 68 (65.4) | 56 (62.9) | |
| Hospital charges ($1,000), median (IQR b) | $68 k ($24 k–$149 k) | $63 k ($33 k–$122 k) | $86 k ($20 k–$171 k) | $57 k ($22 k–$107 k) | 0.35 |
| Hospital length of stay (day), median (IQR b) | 3 (1–7) | 3 (2–6) | 3 (1–7) | 2 (1–7) | 0.28 |
| ED Length of stay (hour), median (IQR b) | 4.0 (1.6–6.7) | 3.9 (1.4–6.4) | 3.4 (1.0–6.2) | 4.3 (2.8–7.0) | 0.06 |
| GCS, n (%) | 0.15 | ||||
| > 13 | 218 (80.4) | 60 (76.9) | 80 (76.9) | 78 (87.6) | |
| ≤ 13 | 51 (18.8) | 17 (21.8) | 23 (22.1) | 11 (12.4) | |
| ISS, n (%) | 0.70 | ||||
| < 16 | 192 (70.8) | 54 (69.2) | 72 (69.2) | 66 (74.2) | |
| ≥ 16 | 79 (29.2) | 24 (30.8) | 32 (30.8) | 23 (25.8) | |
| ED disposition, n (%) | 0.79 | ||||
| Floor/OBS | 102 (37.6) | 28 (35.9) | 36 (34.6) | 38 (42.7) | |
| ICU/IMU | 45 (16.6) | 13 (16.7) | 19 (18.3) | 13 (14.6) | |
| OR | 87 (32.1) | 27 (34.6) | 33 (31.7) | 27 (30.3) | |
| Deceased | 15 (5.5) | 5 (6.4) | 8 (7.7) | 2 (2.2) | |
| Discharged to home | 21 (7.7) | 5 (6.4) | 8 (7.7) | 8 (9.0) | |
| Against medical advice | 1 (0.4) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) |
aP values of age, hospital charges, hospital length of stay, and ED length of stay were derived from Kruskal–Wallis test. P values of sex, ethnicity, GCS, and ISS were derived from Pearson’s Chi-square test. P values of age category, race, and ED disposition were derived from Fisher’s exact test
bIQR stands for interquartile range
Bold values indicate a percentage change with a 95% confidence interval that does not cross 0