Table 1.

Baseline characteristics for assault-injured and control (accidental injury, medical complaint) youth (N = 505).

Characteristics	Assault-injured group (N = 320)		Control groupa (N = 185)		Missing
	No.	%	No.	%	No.
Age (in years)
14–17	38	12%	56	30%	0
18–20	85	27%	36	19%	0
21–24	197	62%	93	50%	0
Male gender	256	80%	108	58%	0
Currently in school	99	31%	85	46%	0
Homeless in past 30 days	39	12%	10	5%	2
Difficulty with finances	139	44%	66	36%	2
Member of a religious group (any church or denomination)	117	37%	120	65%	3
Depressionb in past 6 months	93	29%	50	27%	2
Any tobacco use in past 30 days	187	58%	47	25%	0
Binge alcohol use in past 30 days	238	75%	53	29%	3
Any marijuana use in lifetime	125	39%	34	18%	0
Currently in a gang	40	13%	10	5%	5
Criminal historyc	104	33%	15	8%	7
Injured from a fight in past 6 months	152	48%	27	15%	1
Initial assault mechanism					11
Penetrating	243	79%	n/a
Blunt	66	21%

^aAccidental injury or medical complaint.

^bEver felt so sad or hopeless that stopped doing usual activities for 2 or more weeks.

^cEver been arrested, spent a night in jail, or been convicted.