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Table 2 Multiple logistic regression estimates of odds ratios for lethal outcomes

From: Assaults against U.S. law enforcement officers in the line-of-duty: situational context and predictors of lethality

Independent variable

ORa

95% CIb

p-value

 Age of LEO

1.02**

1.00 to 1.03

<0.001

 Suspect used Firearm

4.37**

3.10 to 6.10

<0.001

 LEO Wearing Body Armor

0.43**

0.32 to 0.58

<0.001

 LEO Disarmed

2.24**

1.48 to 3.38

<0.001

 LEO Fired Weapon

0.34**

0.27 to 0.44

<0.001

Primary Wound (reference = head/neck/throat)

 Upper Torso/Back

0.68**

0.54 to 0.87

0.002

 Lower Torso/Back

0.24**

0.17 to 0.36

<0.001

 Below Waist

0.03**

0.02 to 0.06

<0.001

Assignment (reference = Two-officer Vehicle)

 One-officer Vehicle

1.45*

1.02 to 2.07

0.041

 Detective

1.40

0.80 to 2.50

0.242

 Off-duty

2.68**

1.50 to 4.81

0.001

 Special Assignment

1.44

0.86 to 2.42

0.165

 Undercover

1.18

0.59 to 2.39

0.641

Encounter (reference = Investigative Activities)

 Disturbance Call

0.99

0.63 to 1.55

0.948

 Domestic Call

1.10

0.70 to 1.74

0.688

 Attempting Other Arrest

1.46

0.96 to 2.21

0.076

 Ambush

3.27**

1.83 to 5.85

<0.001

 Unprovoked Attack

2.24**

1.44 to 3.47

<0.001

 Burglary in Progress

1.06

0.48 to 2.36

0.887

 Robbery in Progress

1.45

0.89 to 3.38

0.139

 Tactical Situations

1.12

0.70 to 1.79

0.647

 Traffic Pursuits and Stops

2.38**

1.64 to 3.46

<0.001

 Drug-related

1.75

0.90 to 3.40

0.097

 Handling Mentally Deranged Persons

0.56

0.27 to 01.16

0.121

 Handling/Transporting/Custody of Prisoners

0.95

0.45 to 2.00

0.887

  1. aOdds ratio
  2. bConfidence interval
  3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001