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Table 1 Demographics and clinical characteristics among gunshot wound (GSW) assault hospitalizations included in the North Carolina Trauma Registry, 2019–2020, stratified by year

From: Impact of COVID-related policies on gunshot wound assault hospitalizations in the United States: a statewide time series analysis

 

2019

2020

Standardized differencea

Total, N

1374

 

1753

 

–

Age, years, med (IQR)

26

(20, 35)

27

(21, 34)

0.02

Age group, n (%)

     

 0–17

143

(9.8)

198

(11.3)

0.05

 18–24

489

(33.4)

514

(29.3)

0.09

 25–44

657

(44.8)

845

(48.2)

0.07

 45–64

158

(10.8)

182

(10.4)

0.01

 ≥ 65

18

(1.2)

14

(0.8)

0.04

 Missing

1

 

4

 

–

Male, n (%)

1272

(86.8)

1503

(85.7)

0.03

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

     

 American Indian

18

(1.2)

25

(1.4)

0.02

 Asian

5

(0.3)

3

(0.2)

0.03

 Black/African American

1100

(76.2)

1320

(75.8)

0.01

 Hispanic/Latino

74

(5.1)

94

(5.4)

0.01

 White

211

(14.6)

261

(15.0)

0.01

 Otherb

28

(1.9)

28

(1.6)

0.03

 Multiracial

7

(0.5)

10

(0.6)

0.03

 Missing

23

 

16

 

–

Primary payer, n (%)

     

 Any private insurance

226

(15.4)

218

(12.4)

0.09

 Medicare/Medicaid only

373

(25.5)

538

(30.7)

0.12

 Self-pay

795

(54.3)

909

(51.8)

0.05

 Otherc

69

(4.7)

89

(5.1)

0.02

Transferred to center, n (%)

346

(24.8)

432

(27.1)

0.05

ISS, med (IQR)

9

(1, 14)

9

(4, 16)

0.07

ED LOS, hours, med (IQR)

2.5

(1.0, 4.3)

2.5

(0.9, 4.3)

0.05

LOS, days, med (IQR)

2

(1, 6)

2

(1, 6)

0.04

ICU LOSd, days, med (IQR)

3

(1, 5)

3

(1, 5)

0.04

Discharge disposition, n (%)

     

 Routine/home

1,175

(83.2)

1,384

(82.4)

0.02

 Long-term caree

75

(5.3)

81

(4.8)

0.02

 Transferredf

44

(3.1)

57

(3.4)

0.02

 Died

118

(8.4)

157

(9.4)

0.03

 Missingg

54

 

78

 

–

COVID-19 infection, n (%)

     

 Confirmed

N/A

 

22

(1.3)

–

 Suspected

N/A

 

245

(13.9)

–

  1. med, median; IQR, interquartile range; ISS, injury severity score; ED, emergency department; LOS, length of stay; ICU, intensive care unit
  2. aAbsolute standardized difference (SD) comparing demographics and clinical characteristics between 2019 and 2020; an SD > 0.20 was considered meaningfully different
  3. bOther race includes Other race and Hawaiian/Pacific Islander; race was collapsed due to small cell sizes
  4. cOther insurance types include worker’s compensation, other government insurance, Champus, and not billed
  5. dAmong those admitted to ICU
  6. eLong-term care includes: hospice, long-term care facility, nursing home, rehabilitation facility, skilled nursing facility (SNF)
  7. fTransfers to: acute care facilities, burn center, mental health facility, other trauma centers, and transferred (unspecified)
  8. gIncludes individuals who left against medical advice
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