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. 2026 Jan 30;26:736. doi: 10.1186/s12889-026-26386-5

Table 2.

Weighted gun violence exposure and pain descriptive statistics (N = 8,009)

N (%) 95% CI
Pain
 Some/most/every day (full) 1987 (23.92) 22.91–24.98
 Lot of pain (sub) 1014 (18.79) 17.68–19.95
 Limits work/life activities, most/every day (sub) 693 (12.84) 11.89–13.85
 Affects family/significant others, most/every day (sub) 314 (6.10) 5.42–6.84
Gun violence exposures
 Intentionally shot w/ firearm 133 (1.59) 1.32–1.91
 Threatened w/ firearm 1243 (15.18) 14.34–16.05
 Know someone who died by suicide 2414 (27.79) 26.72–28.89
 Witnessed a shooting 573 (7.84) 7.19–8.55
 Heard gunshots 3762 (47.64) 46.43–48.87
 Know family/friend shot 1589 (20.02) 19.07–21.00
M (SE) 95% CI
Cumulative gun violence exposure (0–6) 1.22 (0.01) 1.19–1.25

Notes: Counts (N) are unweighted and prevalence estimates (%) are weighted. Prevalence confidence intervals (CI) estimated at 95%

Sub = subsample of those who indicated pain some days, most days, or every day (N = 5,794)