Table 3 Descriptive characteristics of shooters, NVDRS, 2009–2018
From: An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018
Shooter age group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
< 5 years n (%)a | 5–9 years n (%)a | 10–14 years n (%)a | Total n (%)a | |
Shooter sex | ||||
Male | * | 21 (80.8) | * | 105 (92.9) |
Female | * | 5 (19.2) | * | 8 (7.1) |
Unknownb | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
Shooter race | ||||
White | 5 (50.0) | 8 (36.4) | 35 (53.8) | 48 (49.5) |
Black or African American | 5 (50.0) | 7 (31.8) | 15 (23.1) | 27 (27.8) |
Other/unspecifiedc | 0 (0.0) | 7 (24.1) | 15 (23.1) | 22 (17.7) |
Unknownb | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 |
Shooter ethnicity | ||||
Not Hispanic | 7 (100.0) | * | * | 60 (92.3) |
Hispanic | 0 (0.0) | * | * | 5 (7.7) |
Unknownb | 6 | 13 | 34 | 53 |
Total (row %) | 13 (11.0) | 29 (24.6) | 76 (64.4) | 118 (100.0) |