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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 30.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2017 Apr 11;166(10):707–714. doi: 10.7326/M16-1927

Table 2.

Rules for Calculation of the SaFETy Score

Mnemonic Category Question/Scale Levels SaFETy Contribution
S Serious Fighting In the past 6 mo, including today, how often did you get into a serious physical fight?
 0 (never) 0
 1 (once) 1
 2 (twice) 1
 3 (3–5 times) 1
 4+ (6 or more times) 4

F Friend Weapon Carrying How many of your friends have carried a knife, razor, or gun?
 1 (none) 0
 2 (some) 0
 3+ (many, most, or all) 1

E Community Environment In the past 6 mo, how often have you heard guns being shot?
 0 (never) 0
 1 (once or twice) 0
 2 (a few times) 0
 3 (many times) 1

T Firearm Threats How often, in the past 6 mo, including today, has someone pulled a gun on you?
 0 (never) 0
 1 (once) 3
 2+ (twice or more) 4

SaFETy = Serious fighting, Friend weapon carrying, community Environment, and firearm Threats.