Table 5 Wound location, circumstance of incident, type of firearm, NVDRS, 2009–2018
From: An epidemiological study of unintentional pediatric firearm fatalities in the USA, 2009–2018
Victim age group | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
< 5 years n (%)a | 5–9 years n (%)a | 10–14 years n (%)a | Total n (%)a | |
Location of woundb | ||||
Head/neck | 81 (49.4) | 38 (54.3) | 61 (52.6) | 180 (51.4) |
Face | 50 (30.5) | 15 (21.4) | 19 (16.4) | 84 (24.0) |
Thorax/abdomen | 28 (17.1) | 16 (22.9) | 30 (25.9) | 74 (21.1) |
Otherc | 5 (3.0) | 1 (1.4) | 6 (5.2) | 12 (3.4) |
Circumstanced | ||||
Playing with firearm/firearm mistaken for toy | 100 (70.9) | 44 (52.4) | 51 (35.2) | 195 (52.7) |
Unintentionally pulled trigger | 22 (15.6) | 7 (8.3) | 20 (13.8) | 49 (13.2) |
Thought firearm was unloaded | 2 (1.4) | 10 (11.9) | 21 (14.5) | 33 (8.9) |
Hunting/aiming for target | 0 (0.0) | 6 (7.1) | 12 (8.3) | 18 (4.9) |
Showing firearm to another person | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.2) | 12 (8.3) | 13 (3.5) |
Firearm was dropped | 2 (1.4) | 4 (4.8) | 3 (2.1) | 9 (2.4) |
Loading/unloading ammunition | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 7 (4.8) | 7 (1.9) |
Othere | 15 (10.6) | 12 (14.3) | 19 (13.1) | 46 (12.4) |
Type of firearm | ||||
Handgun, pistol-semi-automatic | 56 (54.4) | 19 (35.2) | 16 (19.3) | 91 (37.9) |
Handgun, unknown type | 33 (32.0) | 5 (9.3) | 13 (15.7) | 51 (21.3) |
Rifle, any type | * | * | 26 (31.3) | 40 (16.7) |
Handgun, revolver | 7 (6.8) | 7 (13.0) | 17 (20.5) | 31 (12.9) |
Shotgun, any type | * | * | 10 (12.0) | 24 (10.0) |
Otherf | 1 (1.0) | 1 (1.9) | 1 (1.2) | 3 (1.3) |
Unknowng | 18 | 5 | 16 | 39 |