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

Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of those who sustained severe injuries by recidivism status

Variable	Single injury weighted	Recidivist weighted	Total weighted	P-Value
N (un-weighted)	4,020,836 (1342)	28,279,731 (10,275)	32,300,576 (11,617)
Age category (%)				0.21
18–24	13.0	11.1	12.7
25–45	35.4	34.3	35.3
46–64	33.0	33.7	33.1
≥ 65	18.7	20.8	18.9
Male (%)^a	48.5	47.2	48.3	0.36
Income (%)^a ^b				0.96
Poor (<100 %)	12.3	13.0	12.4
Near poor (100– <125 %)	4.5	4.7	4.5
Low (125– <200 %)	13.5	13.3	13.5
Middle (200– <400 %)	31.2	31.1	31.2
High (≥400 %)	38.5	37.9	38.4
Race/ethnicity (%)^a				<0.01
White	75.4	80.2	76.0
Black	9.9	8.4	9.7
Hispanic	9.8	7.3	9.5
Other	4.9	4.1	4.8
Highest degree (%)^a				0.47
High school or below	16.9	14.8	16.7
Some college	31.3	30.8	31.2
Bachelor	25.9	27.6	26.1
Beyond college	25.9	26.7	26.0
Insurance status (%)^a				<0.01
Private	70.1	69.6	70.1
Public	17.6	21.8	18.1
Uninsured	12.3	8.6	11.8
In a metropolitan area (%)^a	82.4	81.9	82.0	0.57
Region				<0.01
Northeast	18.6	20.7	18.9
Midwest	24.9	28.0	25.3
South	33.8	28.1	33.1
West	22.7	23.2	22.8
Married (%)^a	49.1	47.3	48.9	0.36
Diabetes (%)^a	9.4	12.0	9.7	0.01
Coronary heart disease (%)^a	5.8	7.9	6.1	0.04
Asthma (%)^a	12.2	16.3	12.7	<0.01
Stroke (%)^a	4.6	6.6	4.9	<0.01
Emphysema (%)^a	2.3	2.9	2.4	0.18
Hypertension (%)^a	33.4	38.5	34.0	<0.01
Alcohol-related health conditions (%)^a	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.61
Depression screener positive				<0.01
Neither years	81.2	77.4	80.7
One year	13.4	15.0	13.6
Both years (%)^a	5.2	7.5	5.5
Smoking (%)^a	23.1	24.3	23.2	0.46

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