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Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Firearm Injuries

From: Pediatric firearm injury epidemiology at a level 1 trauma center from 2019 to 2021: including time of the COVID-19 pandemic

 

Total

N = 271

2019

N = 78

2020

N = 104

2021

N = 89

P value a

Age, median (IQR b)

16 (14–17)

16 (14–16)

16 (14–17)

15 (14–17)

0.45

Age Categories, n (%)

    

0.24

1–4

18 (6.6)

6 (7.7)

4 (3.8)

8 (9.0)

 

5–9

13 (4.8)

3 (3.8)

3 (2.9)

7 (7.9)

 

10–13

23 (8.5)

4 (5.1)

13 (12.5)

6 (6.7)

 

14–17

217 (80.1)

65 (83.3)

84 (80.8)

68 (76.4)

 

Sex, n (%)

    

0.52

Male

230 (84.9)

68 (87.2)

85 (81.7)

77 (86.5)

 

Female

41 (15.1)

10 (12.8)

19 (18.3)

12 (13.5)

 

Race, n (%)

    

0.08

White

38 (14.0)

15 (19.2)

15 (14.4)

8 (9.0)

 

Black

109 (40.2)

22 (28.2)

43 (41.3)

44 (49.4)

 

Asian

3 (1.1)

1 (1.3)

2 (1.9)

0 (0.0)

 

Other

114 (42.1)

37 (47.4)

40 (38.5)

37 (41.6)

 

Ethnicity, n (%)

    

0.90

Hispanic

77 (28.4)

23 (29.5)

30 (28.8)

24 (27.0)

 

Non-Hispanic

170 (62.7)

46 (59.0)

68 (65.4)

56 (62.9)

 

Hospital charges ($1,000), median (IQR b)

$68 k ($24 k–$149 k)

$63 k ($33 k–$122 k)

$86 k ($20 k–$171 k)

$57 k ($22 k–$107 k)

0.35

Hospital length of stay (day), median (IQR b)

3 (1–7)

3 (2–6)

3 (1–7)

2 (1–7)

0.28

ED Length of stay (hour), median (IQR b)

4.0 (1.6–6.7)

3.9 (1.4–6.4)

3.4 (1.0–6.2)

4.3 (2.8–7.0)

0.06

GCS, n (%)

    

0.15

 > 13

218 (80.4)

60 (76.9)

80 (76.9)

78 (87.6)

 

 ≤ 13

51 (18.8)

17 (21.8)

23 (22.1)

11 (12.4)

 

ISS, n (%)

    

0.70

 < 16

192 (70.8)

54 (69.2)

72 (69.2)

66 (74.2)

 

 ≥ 16

79 (29.2)

24 (30.8)

32 (30.8)

23 (25.8)

 

ED disposition, n (%)

    

0.79

Floor/OBS

102 (37.6)

28 (35.9)

36 (34.6)

38 (42.7)

 

ICU/IMU

45 (16.6)

13 (16.7)

19 (18.3)

13 (14.6)

 

OR

87 (32.1)

27 (34.6)

33 (31.7)

27 (30.3)

 

Deceased

15 (5.5)

5 (6.4)

8 (7.7)

2 (2.2)

 

Discharged to home

21 (7.7)

5 (6.4)

8 (7.7)

8 (9.0)

 

Against medical advice

1 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

1 (1.1)

 
  1. aP values of age, hospital charges, hospital length of stay, and ED length of stay were derived from Kruskal–Wallis test. P values of sex, ethnicity, GCS, and ISS were derived from Pearson’s Chi-square test. P values of age category, race, and ED disposition were derived from Fisher’s exact test
  2. bIQR stands for interquartile range
  3. Bold values indicate a percentage change with a 95% confidence interval that does not cross 0
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