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Table 3 Association of Patient Characteristics with Hospital-Admitted Firearm Injuries by Type of Firearm, National Inpatient Sample, 2003–2013

From: Cost of hospitalization for firearm injuries by firearm type, intent, and payer in the United States

Type of weapon

 

Handgun

Shotgun

Rifle

Assault weapon

Other/Unspecified

 

N (row %)

N (row %)

N (row %)

N (row %)

N (row %)

Overall

105,119 (31.2)

24,059 (7.1)

6726 (2.0)

914 (0.3)

199,968 (59.4)

Age

 < 5

420 (41.1)

77 (7.5)

24 (2.3)

0 (0)

502 (49.1)

 5–14

1956 (29.3)

758 (11.3)

397 (5.9)

10 (0.1)

3565 (53.4)

 15–24

39,255 (28.8)

8960 (6.6)

1696 (1.2)

308 (0.2)

86,063 (63.2)

 25–44

43,703 (31.0)

9789 (6.9)

2654 (1.9)

458 (0.3)

84,485 (59.9)

 45–64

15,023 (36.9)

3466 (8.5)

1451 (3.6)

88 (0.2)

20,727 (50.8)

 65+

4527 (44.9)

949 (9.4)

495 (4.9)

45 (0.4)

4066 (40.4)

Sex

 Male

91,808 (30.8)

21,049 (7.1)

5968 (2.0)

787 (0.3)

178,695 (60.0)

 Female

12,528 (35.0)

2811 (7.8)

745 (2.1)

122 (0.3)

19,614 (54.8)

Race

 White

37,251 (39.4)

9309 (9.8)

5599 (5.9)

384 (0.4)

42,021 (44.4)

 Black

43,552 (26.7)

8427 (5.2)

347 (0.2)

341 (0.2)

110,158 (67.7)

 Hispanic

16,955 (29.8)

4682 (8.2)

453 (0.8)

138 (0.2)

34,689 (60.9)

 Asian or Pacific Islander

963 (28.7)

223 (6.6)

26 (0.8)

10 (0.3)

2135 (63.6)

 Native American

578 (27.4)

228 (10.8)

90 (4.2)

10 (0.4)

1206 (57.2)

 Other

4205 (36.2)

795 (6.8)

102 (0.9)

28 (0.2)

6498 (55.9)

Payer

 Medicare

1474 (39.4)

1596 (8.7)

791 (4.3)

59 (0.3)

8703 (47.3)

 Medicaid

5459 (29.7)

6515 (7.1)

1096 (1.2)

187 (0.2)

56,544 (61.8)

 Private including HMO

5164 (34.4)

5742 (7.8)

2760 (3.7)

187 (0.3)

39,698 (53.8)

 Self-pay

6206 (30.1)

6994 (6.9)

1410 (1.4)

200 (0.2)

62,304 (61.4)

 Other

3047 (28.7)

3212 (6.2)

671 (1.3)

281 (0.5)

32,720 (63.2)

  1. Chi-square tests for sex, race, & payer all have a p value <0.0001. Chi-square tests for age could not be computed since age < 5 for legal intervention/terrorism has 0 counts, but the text removing this age category had a p value <0.0001