| |
Injuries caused by legal interventiona no. (%)
|
Injuries caused by general assaultsb no. (%)
|
|---|
|
Age in years
| | |
|
0–14
|
14 (1.7)
|
41 (4.9)
|
|
15–24
|
207 (24.8)
|
307 (36.7)
|
|
25–34
|
229 (27.4)
|
203 (24.3)
|
|
35–44
|
190 (22.7)
|
141 (16.9)
|
|
45–54
|
133 (15.9)
|
100 (11.9)
|
|
> = 55
|
63 (7.5)
|
44 (5.3)
|
|
Gender
| | |
|
Male
|
760 (91.0)
|
715 (85.5)
|
|
Payor information
| | |
|
Government insurance
|
186 (22.3)
|
188 (22.5)
|
|
Private insurance
|
248 (29.7)
|
214 (25.6)
|
|
Self-pay
|
402 (48.1)
|
434 (51.9)
|
|
Any psychiatric condition
|
324 (38.7)
|
178 (21.3)
|
|
Alcoholism
|
126 (15.1)
|
79 (9.5)
|
|
Drug Abuse/Dependence
|
110 (13.2)
|
64 (7.7)
|
|
Depression
|
30 (3.6)
|
11 (1.3)
|
|
Schizophrenia
|
41 (4.9)
|
5 (0.6)
|
|
Any mental retardation
|
3 (0.4)
|
2 (0.2)
|
|
Disorders of the central nervous system
|
33 (3.9)
|
14 (1.7)
|
|
Paralytic syndromesc
|
29 (3.5)
|
11 (1.3)
|
|
Epilepsy and recurrent seizures
|
4 (<1 %)
|
3 (<1 %)
|
|
Cause of injury
| | |
|
Assault by gas
|
6 (0.7)
|
0 (0)
|
|
Cutting and piercing instrument
|
11 (1.3)
|
140 (17.7)
|
|
Firearms
|
229 (27.3)
|
219 (26.1)
|
|
Human bite
|
1 (0.1)
|
8 (1.0)
|
|
Man Handled or blow
|
334 (40.0)
|
17 (2.0)
|
|
Struck by blunt or thrown object
|
102 (12.3)
|
121 (14.5)
|
|
Unarmed fight or brawl
|
2 (0.3)
|
167 (19.9)
|
|
Unspecified
|
103 (12.3)
|
97 (11.6)
|
|
Other
|
53 (6.3)
|
67 (8.4)
|
|
Total
|
836 (100.0)
|
836 (100.0)
|
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aInjuries caused through legal intervention actions; ICD-9 Ecodes 970–978
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bInjuries caused through assaults, not including child abuse (E967); ICD-9 Ecodes 960–969
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cParalysis includes quadriplegia, quadriparesis, paralegia, diplegia of upper limbs, monoplegia of lower limb, and cauda equine syndrome; ICD-9 Ncodes 344–344.9
