Table 2 –
Characteristics of police and clinical nonfatal firearm assaults by match group, Indianapolis, IN, 2007 – 2016
| Overall police records | Clinical Firearm-related code records | Police-Clinical records matched within 24 hours | Police-Clinical records matched within 48 hours | Police-Clinical records matched w/ in +/− 20 days | Police record not matched to clinical records | Refused medical care at scene | Clinical record Only | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=3,797 | N=3,131 | n=2,366 | n=790 | n = 131 | n = 453 | n=57 | n=537 | |
| Race | ||||||||
| Black | 2,890 (76.1) | 2,141 (68.4) | 1,826 (77.2) | 636 (80.5) | 111 (84.7) | 308 (67.9) | 9 (15.7) | 103 (19.8) |
| White | 676 (17.8) | 695 (22.2) | 456 (19.3) | 126 (15.9) | 17 (13.0) | 73 (16.1) | 4 (7.02) | 222 (41.3) |
| Other | 155 (4.1) | 108 (3.45) | 79 (3.34) | 28 (3.54) | 3 (2.29) | 45 (10.0) | 0 (0.00) | 29 (5.40) |
| Unknown | 76 (2.0) | 187 (5.97) | 5 (0.21) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 27 (5.96) | 44 (77.2) | 183 (34.1) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Male | 3,210 (84.5) | 2,685 (85.8) | 2,033 (86.0) | 698 (88.4) | 108 (82.4) | 360 (79.5) | 11 (19.3) | 445 (82.9) |
| Female | 516 (13.5) | 446 (14.2) | 333 (14.0) | 92 (11.7) | 23 (17.6) | 66 (14.6) | 2 (3.51) | 92 (17.1) |
| Unknown | 71 (1.87) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 27 (5.96) | 44 (77.2) | 0 (0.00) |
| Age Groups | ||||||||
| <15 | 51 (1.34) | 60 (1.92) | 26 (1.10) | 11 (1.39) | 1 (0.76) | 13 (2.90) | 0 (0.00) | 28 (5.21) |
| 15–19 | 318 (8.40) | 334 (10.7) | 213 (9.00) | 62 (7.85) | 8 (6.11) | 34 (7.51) | 1 (1.75) | 86 (16.0) |
| 20–24 | 855 (22.5) | 692 (22.1) | 537 (22.7) | 180 (22.8) | 39 (29.7) | 96 (21.2) | 3 (5.26) | 85 (15.8) |
| 25–29 | 692 (18.2) | 557 (17.8) | 451 (19.1) | 147 (18.6) | 23 (17.6) | 70 (15.5) | 1 (1.75) | 80 (14.9) |
| 30–34 | 540 (14.2) | 419 (13.4) | 346 (14.6) | 113 (14.3) | 16 (12.2) | 62 (13.7) | 3 (5.36) | 43 (8.01) |
| 35–39 | 365 (9.61) | 301 (9.61) | 235 (9.93) | 83 (10.5) | 11 (8.40) | 36 (7.96) | 0 (0.00) | 42 (7.82) |
| 40–44 | 250 (6.58) | 213 (6.80) | 168 (7.10) | 51 (6.46) | 9 (6.87) | 20 (4.42) | 2 (3.51) | 42 (7.82) |
| 45–54 | 367 (9.67) | 291 (9.29) | 230 (9.72) | 83 (10.5) | 14 (10.7) | 38 (8.39) | 2 (3.51) | 48 (8.94) |
| 55+ | 259 (6.82) | 251 (8.02) | 160 (6.76) | 60 (7.59) | 10 (7.63) | 28 (6.18) | 1 (1.75) | 74 (13.8) |
| Unknown | 100 (2.63) | 13 (0.42) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | 56 (12.4) | 44 (77.2) | 9 (1.68) |