Table 2 Association of Patient Characteristics with Hospital-Admitted Firearm Injuries by Intent, National Inpatient Sample, 2003–2013
From: Cost of hospitalization for firearm injuries by firearm type, intent, and payer in the United States
Intent of firearm injury | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unintentional | Assault | Self harm | Legal intervention | Undetermined | |
N (row %) | N (row %) | N (row %) | N (row %) | N (row %) | |
Overall | 76,203 (22.6) | 204,104 (60.6) | 29,027 (8.6) | 6224 (1.8) | 21,227 (6.3) |
Age | |||||
< 5 | 570 (55.8) | 362 (35.4) | 15 (1.4) | 0 (0) | 76 (7.4) |
5–14 | 2837 (42.4) | 3171 (47.4) | 259 (3.8) | 37 (0.5) | 384 (5.7) |
15–24 | 27,784 (20.4) | 93,041 (68.3) | 5228 (3.8) | 1803 (1.3) | 8426 (6.2) |
25–44 | 30,126 (21.4) | 87,606 (62.1) | 10,788 (7.6) | 3254 (2.3) | 9315 (6.6) |
45–64 | 11,387 (27.9) | 17,229 (42.3) | 8787 (21.6) | 973 (2.4) | 2381 (5.8) |
65+ | 3304 (32.8) | 2108 (20.9) | 3913 (38.8) | 149 (1.5) | 608 (6.0) |
Sex | |||||
Male | 67,113 (22.5) | 183,338 (61.5) | 23,240 (7.8) | 5844 (2.0) | 18,771 (6.3) |
Female | 8525 (23.8) | 18,899 (52.8) | 5718 (16.0) | 346 (1.0) | 2331 (6.5) |
Race | |||||
White | 32,433 (34.3) | 31,031 (32.8) | 22,932 (24.3) | 2697 (2.9) | 5472 (5.8) |
Black | 28,830 (17.7) | 118,048 (72.5) | 2423 (1.5) | 1907 (1.2) | 11,616 (7.1) |
Hispanic | 10,121 (17.8) | 40,931 (71.9) | 1983 (3.5) | 1187 (2.1) | 2694 (4.7) |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 638 (19.0) | 2282 (68.0) | 223 (6.6) | 619 (1.8) | 153 (4.6) |
Native American | 666 (31.5) | 1074 (50.9) | 179 (8.5) | 51 (2.4) | 142 (6.7) |
Other | 2264 (19.5) | 7568 (65.1) | 837 (7.2) | 195 (1.7) | 763 (6.6) |
Payer | |||||
Medicare | 5809 (31.6) | 5216 (28.4) | 5552 (30.2) | 412 (2.2) | 1392 (7.6) |
Medicaid | 17,853 (19.5) | 62,287 (68.1) | 4715 (5.2) | 1128 (1.2) | 5487 (6.0) |
Private including HMO | 21,326 (28.9) | 37,344 (50.6) | 9573 (13.0) | 1175 (1.6) | 4354 (5.9) |
Self-pay | 21,569 (21.3) | 64,552 (63.7) | 6274 (6.2) | 1898 (1.9) | 7108 (7.0) |
Other | 9646 (18.6) | 34,704 (67.0) | 2913 (5.6) | 1611 (3.1) | 2885 (5.6) |