Table 1.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of children and youth aged 0–21 years with emergency department discharge after non-fatal firearm injury by type of pain medication administration.
| Pain Medication |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total N=2522* | None N=983 (15.0%) | Non-Opioids Only N=379 (39.0%) | >1 Opioid N=1160 (46.0%) | |
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| Age (yrs) | ||||
| 0 to 4 | 156 (6.2) | 70 (44.9) | 19 (12.2) | 67 (42.9) |
| 5 to 9 | 284 (11.3) | 163 (57.4) | 47 (16.5) | 74 (26.1) |
| 10 to 14 | 668 (26.5) | 292 (43.7) | 120 (18) | 256 (38.3) |
| 15 to 18 | 1239 (49.1) | 405 (32.7) | 184 (14.9) | 650 (52.5) |
| 19 to 21 | 175 (6.9) | 53 (30.3) | 9 (5.1) | 113 (64.6) |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 2029 (81.2) | 787 (38.8) | 279 (13.8) | 963 (47.5) |
| Female | 470 (18.8) | 186 (39.6) | 99 (21.1) | 185 (39.4) |
| Missing | 23 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| Race and Ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1552 (61.5) | 520 (33.5) | 213 (13.7) | 819 (52.8) |
| Non-Hispanic White | 470 (18.6) | 240 (51.1) | 75 (16) | 155 (33) |
| Hispanic | 362 (14.4) | 167 (46.1) | 73 (20.2) | 122 (33.7) |
| Other | 138 (5.5) | 56 (40.6) | 18 (13) | 64 (46.4) |
| Insurance type | ||||
| Private | 422 (16.7) | 198 (46.9) | 69 (16.4) | 155 (36.7) |
| Public | 1747 (69.3) | 651 (37.3) | 276 (15.8) | 820 (46.9) |
| Uninsured/Other | 353 (14) | 134 (38) | 34 (9.6) | 185 (52.4) |
| Injury Severity Score | ||||
| 0 (none to minimal) | 120 (5.1) | 75 (62.5) | 25 (20.8) | 20 (16.7) |
| 1–4 (minor) | 2054 (87.7) | 766 (37.3) | 314 (15.3) | 974 (47.4) |
| 5–14 (moderate) | 164 (7) | 34 (20.7) | 4 (2.4) | 126 (76.8) |
| 15–24 (serious) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25+ (critical) | 3 (0.1) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) | 1 (33.3) |
| Missing | 181 | 107 | 35 | 39 |
*
Total reported in column percentages, and pain medication reported in row percentages.