Table 1.
Characteristics of homeless cases (N = 268) identified in NEISS narratives and random populaion controls (N = 2680), 2007-2011
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Children 0-15 years |
Adolescents/Young Adults 16-25 years |
Adults 26-59 years |
Older Adults ≥ 60 years |
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Homeless (n = 10) |
Controls (n = 100) |
Sig |
Homeless (n = 29) |
Controls (n = 290) |
Sig |
Homeless (n = 203) |
Controls (n = 2030) |
Sig |
Homeless (n = 25) |
Controls (n = 250) |
Sig | |
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| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||
| Sex | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
| Male | 6 (60.0) | 60 (60.0) | 21 (72.4) | 210 (72.4) |
165 (81.3) |
1650 (81.3) | 22 (88.0) | 220 (88.0) | ||||
| Female | 4 (40.0) | 40 (40.0) | 8 (27.6) | 80 (27.6) | 38 (18.7) | 380 (18.7) | 3 (12.0) | 30 (12.0) | ||||
| Season of injury * | 0.43 | 0.35 | 0.61 | 0.44 | ||||||||
| Spring | 4 (40.0) | 21 (21.0) | 8 (27.6) | 60 (20.7) | 47 (23.2) | 504 (24.8) | 6 (24.0) | 53 (21.2) | ||||
| Summer | 2 (20.0) | 25 (25.0) | 5 (17.2) | 82 (28.3) | 54 (26.6) | 583 (28.7) | 4 (16.0) | 76 (30.4) | ||||
| Autumn | 3 (30.0) | 26 (26.0) | 6 (20.7) | 78 (26.9) | 50 (24.6) | 503 (24.8) | 9 (36.0) | 66 (26.4) | ||||
| Winter | 1 (10.0) | 28 (28.0) | 10 (34.5) | 70 (24.1) | 52 (25.6) | 440 (21.7) | 6 (24.0) | 55 (22.0) | ||||
| Location of incident | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||||
| Home or mobile home | 1 (10.0) | 47 (47.0) | 1 (3.4) | 110 (37.9) |
12 (5.9) | 1038 (51.1) |
2 (8.0) | 134 (53.6) | ||||
| Street or highway | - | - | 5 (17.2) | 13 (4.5) | 29 (14.3) | 85 (4.2) | 1 (4.0) | 4 (1.6) | ||||
| Other public property | 9 (90.0) | 4 (4.0) | 14 (48.3) | 15 (5.2) | 95 (46.8) | 123 (6.1) | 16 (64.0) | 29 (11.6) | ||||
| School | - | 8 (8.0) | - | 13 (4.5) | 1 (0.5) | 4 (0.2) | - | - | ||||
| Place of recreation or sports | - | 12 (12.0) | - | 56 (19.3) | 6 (3.0) | 225 (11.1) | 1 (4.0) | 20 (8.0) | ||||
| Missing/not recorded | - | 29 (29.0) | 9 (31.0) | 83 (28.6) | 60 (29.6) | 555 (27.3) | 5 (20.0) | 63 (25.2) | ||||
| Disposition | 0.09 | 0.11 | <0.01 | 0.26 | ||||||||
| Treated and released | 8 (80.0) | 96 (96.0) | 25 (86.2) | 275 (94.8) |
162 (79.8) |
1900 (93.6) | 19 (76.0) | 212 (84.8) | ||||
| Transferred, admitted, or held | 2 (20.0) | 3 (3.0) | 3 (10.3) | 12 (4.1) | 38 (18.7) | 106 (5.2) | 6 (24.0) | 38 (15.2) | ||||
| Left without being seen | - | 1 (1.0) | 1 (3.4) | 3 (1.0) | 2 (1.0) | 22 (1.1) | - | - | ||||
| Fatality | - | - | - | - | 1 (0.5) | 2 (0.1) | - | - | ||||
| Substance involvement ** | 0.09 | <0.01 | <0.01 | <0.01 | ||||||||
| Alcohol | - | - | 3 (10.3) | 6 (2.1) | 29 (14.3) | 66 (3.3) | 5 (20.0) | 8 (3.2) | ||||
| Drug | 1 (10.0) | - | 3 (10.3) | 1 (0.3) | 5 (2.5) | 2 (0.1) | - | - | ||||
| Polysubstance use | - | - | - | - | 5 (2.5) | 2 (0.1) | 1 (4.0) | - | ||||
| None | 9 (90.0) | 100 (100.0) |
23 (79.3) | 290 (97.6) |
164 (80.8) |
1960 (96.6) | 19 (76.0) | 242 (96.8) | ||||
Significance indicated by p-value from comparison between homeless cases and random population controls using chi-squared tests or Fisher’s exact tests where any cell count was less than 5. No p-value is provided for sex because cases and controls were matched on sex and age.
*
Defined by month of injury: Spring (March, April, May), Summer (June, July, August), Autumn (September, October, November), Winter (December, January, February)
**
Includes mention of alcohol or drug use in narrative.
Note: Exact age was not included in NEISS for 1 homeless adult; that individual and 10 controls are not listed in the table above.