Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of victim and victim death, NVDRS, 2009–2018
From: An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018
Characteristics | Victim age group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
< 5 years n (%)a | 5–9 years n (%)a | 10–14 years n (%)a | Total n (%)a | |
Victim sex | ||||
Male | 102 (84.3) | 42 (71.2) | 83 (83.8) | 227 (81.4) |
Female | 19 (15.7) | 17 (28.8) | 16 (16.2) | 52 (18.6) |
Victim race | ||||
White | 58 (47.9) | 24 (40.7) | 59 (59.6) | 141 (50.5) |
Black or African American | 53 (43.8) | 26 (44.1) | 32 (32.3) | 111 (39.8) |
Other/unspecifiedb | 10 (8.3) | 9 (15.3) | 8 (8.1) | 27 (9.7) |
Victim ethnicity | ||||
Not Hispanic | 113 (94.2) | * | * | 255 (92.7) |
Hispanic | 7 (5.8) | * | * | 20 (7.3) |
Unknownc | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Location of shooting | ||||
Victim’s residence | 89 (74.2) | 39 (66.1) | 50 (50.1) | 178 (64.0) |
Relative's residence | 14 (11.7) | 7 (11.9) | 7 (7.1) | 28 (10.1) |
Natural area (field, river, beach, woods) | 0 (0.0) | 5 (8.5) | 14 (14.1) | 19 (6.8) |
Friend's residence | * | * | 18 (18.2) | 19 (6.8) |
Other residence | 7 (5.8) | 5 (8.5) | 5 (5.1) | 17 (6.1) |
Motor vehicle/commercial establishment | * | * | 5 (5.1) | 17 (6.1) |
Unknownc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Location of victim death | ||||
Emergency department/outpatient | 56 (46.7) | 26 (44.1) | 26 (26.3) | 108 (38.8) |
Home | 31 (25.8) | 17 (28.8) | 23 (23.2) | 71 (25.5) |
Hospital inpatient | 21 (17.5) | 9 (15.3) | 23 (23.2) | 53 (19.0) |
Otherd | 12 (10.0) | 7 (11.9) | 27 (27.3) | 46 (16.5) |
Unknownc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Shooter relationship to victim | ||||
Self | 94 (80.3) | 25 (43.1) | 36 (36.4) | 155 (56.6) |
Brothere | 16 (13.7) | 22 (37.9) | 22 (22.2) | 60 (21.9) |
Friend | 0 (0.0) | * | 32 (32.3) | * |
Other relativef | 7 (6.0) | 6 (10.3) | 9 (9.1) | 22 (8.0) |
Otherg | 0 (0.0) | * | 0 (0.0) | * |
Unknownc | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Owner of firearm | ||||
Parent of shooter | 50 (71.4) | 14 (50.0) | 26 (53.1) | 90 (61.2) |
Other family member of shooter | 13 (18.6) | 7 (25.0) | 9 (18.4) | 29 (19.7) |
Otherh | 7 (10.0) | 7 (25.0) | 14 (28.6) | 28 (19.0) |
Unknownc | 51 | 31 | 50 | 132 |
Total (row %) | 121 (43.4) | 59 (21.1) | 99 (35.5) | 279 (100.0) |