Table 4.
Patient-Related Risk Factors Associated with Firearm Injuries
| Total N = 271 | 2019 N = 78 | 2020 N = 104 | 2021 N = 89 | Percentage change from 2019 to 2020 a (95% confidence interval) |
Percentage change from 2019 to 2021 a (95% confidence interval) |
Estimated annual percentage change a (95% confidence interval) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| History, n (%) | |||||||
| Prior related firearm injury | 12 (4.4) | 2 (2.6) | 7 (6.7) | 3 (3.4) | 223.1% (− 30.9–1409.9%) | 44.0% (–75.3–740.1%) | 11.3% (–36.0–93.7%) |
| Drug, gang, or violence involvement | 38 (14.0) | 15 (19.2) | 15 (14.4) | 8 (9.0) | –7.7% (–52.7–80.0%) | –48.8% (–76.9–13.6%) | –26.4% (–48.3–4.8%) |
| Substance use in patient or parent | 129 (47.6) | 36 (46.2) | 48 (46.2) | 45 (50.6) | 23.1% (–13.8–75.7%) | 20.0% (–14.0–67.5%) | 9.0% (–7.0–27.9%) |
| Mental illness in patient | 48 (17.7) | 8 (10.3) | 25 (24.0) | 15 (16.9) | 188.5% (36.6–509.0%) | 80.0% (–20.5–307.8%) | 22.7% (–8.3–64.1%) |
| Mental illness in parent | 17 (6.3) | 8 (10.3) | 5 (4.8) | 4 (4.5) | –42.3% (–80.3–68.7%) | –52.0% (–84.9–52.9%) | –32.2% (–62.9–23.8%) |
| Domestic violence/IPV/Abuse in patient or parent | 22 (8.1) | 5 (6.4) | 5 (4.8) | 12 (13.5) | –7.7% (–72.2–206.5%) | 130.4% (–14.7–522.6%) | 62.6% (–7.2–185.2%) |
| Chronic illness | 24 (8.9) | 8 (10.3) | 8 (7.7) | 8 (9.0) | –7.7% (–65.7–148.7%) | –4.0% (–62.0–142.6%) | –2.0% (–39.0–57.3%) |
| Food Insecurity | 25 (9.2) | 4 (5.1) | 12 (11.5) | 9 (10.1) | 176.9% (–8.9–742.0%) | 116.0% (–30.6–572.0%) | 33.7% (-12.1–103.4%) |
| Single parent household, n (%) | |||||||
| Yes | 126 (46.5) | 14 (17.9) | 54 (51.9) | 58 (65.2) | 256.0% (110.1–503.5%) | 297.7% (139.9–559.3%) | 71.7% (44.2–104.5%) |
| No | 54 (19.9) | 10 (12.8) | 24 (23.1) | 20 (22.5) | 121.5% (13.8–331.2%) | 92.0% (–6.1–292.8%) | 30.6% (–2.4–74.7%) |
aPercentage changes were estimated with Poisson regression model with year as the main predictor
CI stands for confidence interval
Bold values indicate a percentage change with a 95% confidence interval that does not cross 0