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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eur J Emerg Med. 2012 Apr;19(2):83–88. doi: 10.1097/MEJ.0b013e328348a9f2

Table 1.

Characteristics of ED patients with and without IPV diagnoses

Patient Characteristic IPV + IPV− P value
N % N %
Total 1,929 100 752,668 100
Age <0.001
 18–33 985 51 314,813 42
 34–49 830 43 290,073 39
 50–64 114 6 147,782 20
Race/Ethnicity <0.001
 Black 177 9 39,526 5
 Hispanic 85 5 39,456 5
 White 1,573 82 644,773 86
 Other 94 4 28,913 4
Insurance
 Commercial 400 21 279,992 37 <0.001
 Medicare/Other 156 8 118,922 16
 Medicaid 836 43 222,790 30
 Uninsured 537 28 130,964 17
Percent unemployment <0.001
 <5.96% 857 44 374,686 50
 ≥5.96% 1,072 56 377,982 50
Day of presentation <0.001
 Weekday 1,289 67 525,187 70
 Weekend 640 33 227,481 30
Shift of presentation <0.01
 Day 522 30 278,778 37
 Evening 741 43 352,711 47
 Night 468 27 121,179 16
ED disposition <0.001
 Admitted 79 4 77,264 10
 Discharged 1,850 96 675,404 90
Selected discharge diagnoses
 Injury 1,683 87 171,477 23 <0.001
 Mental health 147 8 67,152 9 0.045
 Alcohol 109 6 15,584 2 <0.001
 Drugs 22 1 11,684 2 0.14
 Pregnancy 44 2 30,616 4 <0.001