Longitudinal assessment of injury recidivism among adults in the United States: findings from a population-based sample

Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of the injured population by re-injury status

Variable	Single injury weighted	Recidivist weighted	Total weighted	P-Value
N (un-weighted)	9,071,398 (4136)	41,911,119 (14,998)	50,982,517 (19,134)
Age category (%)				0.95
18–24	13.1	13.1	13.1
25–45	36.9	36.2	36.8
46–64	32.5	33.2	32.6
≥ 65	17.6	17.5	17.6
Male (%) ^a	49.5	50.9	49.8	0.16
Income (%)^a ^b				0.31
Poor (<100 %)	11.7	12.5	11.8
Near poor (100– <125 %)	4.2	4.3	4.2
Low (125– <200 %)	13.5	14.4	13.6
Middle (200– <400 %)	31.4	30.8	31.3
High (≥400 %)	39.2	38.1	39.0
Race/ethnicity (%)^a				<0.01
White	75.1	78.4	75.7
Black	9.5	8.7	9.4
Hispanic	10.2	8.1	9.8
Other	5.2	4.8	5.1
Highest degree (%)^a				0.47
High school or below	16.3	16.4	16.3
Some college	31.0	29.7	30.8
Bachelor	25.7	27.4	26.0
Beyond	27.0	26.5	26.9
Insurance status (%)^a				0.09
Private	70.4	69.7	70.3
Public	16.3	17.5	16.5
Uninsured	13.4	12.8	13.3
In a metropolitan area (%)^a	82.5	84.6	82.8	0.02
Region				<0.01
Northeast	18.2	17.8	18.1
Midwest	24.3	26.1	24.6
South	34.1	29.2	33.2
West	23.4	27.0	24.1
Married (%)^a	49.5	44.3	48.6	<0.01
Diabetes (%)^a	8.6	10.9	9.0	<0.01
Coronary heart disease (%)^a	5.1	5.9	5.3	0.26
Asthma (%)^a	11.6	15.2	12.3	<0.01
Stroke (%)^a	4.1	5.4	4.3	<0.01
Emphysema (%)^a	2.1	2.2	2.1	0.92
Hypertension (%)^a	31.8	32.8	32.0	0.35
Alcohol-related health conditions (%)^a	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.89
Depression screener positive				<0.01
Neither years	82.4	78.8	81.7
One year	12.7	14.1	12.9
Both years (%)^a	4.8	7.1	5.2
Smoking (%)^a	22.3	25.3	22.8	<0.01

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