Table 1.
Patient and hospital characteristics
| (Weighted N) | (15,211) |
| Age | |
| 0–4 | 466 (3%) |
| 5–9 | 627 (4%) |
| 10–14 | 2,106 (14%) |
| 15–18 | 12,012 (79%) |
| Race | |
| Black | 6,752 (44%) |
| Hispanic | 2,881 (19%) |
| Other | 3,098 (20%) |
| White | 2,480 (16%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 13, 495 (89%) |
| Female | 1,715 (11%) |
| Firearm Type | |
| Air Gun | 1,346 (9%) |
| Handgun | 3,986 (26%) |
| Other | 8,516 (56%) |
| Rifle/Military Firearm | 313 (2%) |
| Shotgun | 1,049 (7%) |
| Intent of Firearm Injury | |
| Assault | 9,122 (60%) |
| Suicide | 490 (3%) |
| Undetermined | 847 (6%) |
| Unintentional | 4,751 (31%) |
| Payer Source | |
| Medicare/Medicaid | 8,358 (55%) |
| Self-pay + Other | 2,663 (17%) |
| Private | 4,189 (28%) |
| Median Household Income | |
| Quartile 1 | 7,970 (52%) |
| Quartile 2 | 3,717 (24%) |
| Quartile 3 | 2,349 (15%) |
| Quartile 4 | 1,225 (8%) |
| Admission Day | |
| Weekday (Monday-Friday) |
9,298 (61%) |
| Weekend (Saturday-Sunday) |
5,912 (39%) |
| Severity of Illness by APRDRG | |
| 1 | 5,507 (36%) |
| 2 | 4,266 (28%) |
| 3 | 2,855 (19%) |
| 4 | 2,582 (17%) |
| Hospital Bed Size | |
| Small | 1,168 (8%) |
| Medium | 3,170 (21%) |
| Large | 10,872 (72%) |
| Hospital Teaching Status | |
| Rural | 417 (3%) |
| Urban Non-teaching | 2,225 (15%) |
| Urban Teaching | 12,569 (82%) |
| Hospital Region | |
| Northeast | 2,272 (15%) |
| South | 3,683 (24%) |
| Midwest | 5,237 (34%) |
| West | 4,018 (27%) |
| Children’s Hospital | |
| No | 14,042 (92%) |
| Yes | 1,169 (8%) |