Table 1.
Demographics of emergency department patient encounters for sexual assault from June 1, 2019–June 30, 2022, by type of care team.
| All encounters (n = 182) |
SANE (n = 130) |
Non-SANE (n = 52) |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Age (mean, SD) | 30.2 | (13.1) | 30.1 | (13.5) | 30.6 | (12.3) | 0.81 |
| Gender+ | 0.11 | ||||||
| Female | 160 | (90.4%) | 117 | (92.1%) | 43 | (86.0%) | |
| Male | 14 | (7.9%) | 7 | (5.5%) | 7 | (14.0%) | |
| Transgender/Non-binary | 3 | (1.7%) | 3 | (2.4%) | 0 | (0.0%) | |
| Race/Ethnicity+ | 0.83 | ||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 14 | (8.4%) | 10 | (8.1%) | 4 | (9.3%) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 138 | (82.7%) | 101 | (81.5%) | 37 | (86.0%) | |
| Hispanic | 9 | (5.4%) | 8 | (6.5%) | 1 | (2.3%) | |
| Other | 6 | (3.6%) | 5 | (4.0%) | 1 | (2.3%) | |
| Patient arrival time^ | <0.01* | ||||||
| Morning | 48 | (26.4%) | 32 | (24.6%) | 16 | (32.0%) | |
| Afternoon | 73 | (40.1%) | 63 | (48.5%) | 10 | (18.0%) | |
| Overnight | 61 | (33.5%) | 35 | (26.9%) | 26 | (50.0%) | |
| Days since incident (mean, SD) | 1.19 | 1.51 | 1.16 | 1.44 | 1.28 | 1.72 | 0.65 |
SANE, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner.
*
Indicates a P-value ≤ 0.05; Fisher tests were conducted due to the small cell counts.
+
Gender (n = 177) and race/ethnicity (n = 177), given that five individuals had two encounters.
^
Patient arrival times were categorized into the following: morning 6:30 am–2:30 pm; afternoon 2:30 pm–10:30 pm; and overnight 10:30 pm–6:30 am.
Missing values for race/ethnicity (n = 15, 8%) and days since incident (n = 7, 4%).