Table 3.
Prevalence rates and 95% confidence intervals for different types of exposure to gun violence, threats, and risky behaviors by age category.
| Type of gun violence exposure | 10–17 year olds (n = 1,189) | 18–24 year olds (n = 853) | 25–34 year olds (n = 3,269) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | SE | 95% CI | n (%) | SE | 95% CI | n (%) | SE | 95% CI | |
| Saw someone shoot a gun in a public place | 106 (7.1) | 0.9 | 5.5, 9.1 | 143 (15.4) | 1.5 | 12.6, 18.6 | 522 (14.4) | 0.7 | 13.0, 16.0 |
| Heard (but did not see) gun shots in a public place | 383 (27.1) | 1.6 | 24.1, 30.3 | 476 (56.3) | 2.1 | 52.1, 60.4 | 1716 (51.3) | 1.1 | 49.1, 53.4 |
| Interpersonal gun threats (any) | 205 (14.1) | 1.2 | 11.8, 16.6 | 270 (29.3) | 1.9 | 25.7, 33.2 | 975 (29.3) | 1.0 | 27.3, 31.3 |
| Saw or heard someone threaten to hurt someone else with a gun | 147 (9.7) | 1.0 | 7.9, 11.9 | 213 (23.1) | 1.8 | 19.8, 26.7 | 821 (24.7) | 0.9 | 22.9, 26.6 |
| Heard or saw anyone you know talking/posting about hurting someone else with a gun | 121 (8.7) | 1.0 | 6.9, 10.9 | 141 (15.2) | 1.5 | 12.5, 18.4 | 443 (13.1) | 0.7 | 11.7, 14.6 |
| Risky access/possession of guns (any) | 396 (28.9) | 1.6 | 25.8, 32.2 | 488 (55.5) | 2.1 | 51.3, 59.7 | 1786 (53.7) | 1.1 | 51.6, 55.8 |
| Heard someone talk about getting or having a gun when they were not supposed to | 228 (15.3) | 1.2 | 13.1, 17.9 | 275 (30.3) | 1.9 | 26.7, 34.2 | 1,011 (30.2) | 1.0 | 28.3, 32.2 |
| Knew someone who had a gun a when or where were not supposed to | 180 (12.7) | 1.2 | 10.5, 15.2 | 278 (30.4) | 1.9 | 26.7, 34.3 | 1,087 (32.4) | 1.0 | 30.4, 34.4 |
| Knew someone who brought a gun to school or work (not part of job) | 174 (12.9) | 1.2 | 10.6, 15.5 | 260 (29.9) | 1.9 | 26.3, 33.8 | 778 (24.3) | 0.9 | 22.5, 26.1 |
| Surprised or worried because someone you knew was carrying a gun (not part of job) | 106 (8.5) | 1.0 | 6.7, 10.8 | 187 (20.6) | 1.7 | 17.5, 24.1 | 734 (21.0) | 0.9 | 19.3, 22.7 |
| Someone else’s self-directed gun violence (any) | 164 (12.7) | 1.2 | 10.5, 15.4 | 280 (32.8) | 2.0 | 29.0, 36.9 | 1,096 (33.5) | 1.0 | 31.5, 35.5 |
| Heard or saw anyone you knew talking/posting about hurting themselves with a gun | 71 (5.3) | 0.8 | 3.9, 7.2 | 122 (14.0) | 1.4 | 11.4, 17.1 | 355 (10.5) | 0.7 | 9.2, 11.9 |
| Known someone who killed or tried to kill themselves with a gun | 120 (8.9) | 1.0 | 7.1, 11.1 | 216 (24.9) | 1.8 | 21.5, 28.7 | 962 (29.3) | 1.0 | 27.4, 31.2 |
| Any of the above | 638 (48.0) | 1.8 | 44.4, 51.6 | 685 (80.3) | 1.7 | 76.7, 83.4 | 2,578 (77.9) | 0.9 | 76.1, 79.7 |