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Table 4 Patient-Related Risk Factors Associated with 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

Percentage change from 2019 to 2020 a

(95% confidence interval)

Percentage change from 2019 to 2021 a

(95% confidence interval)

Estimated annual percentage change a

(95% confidence interval)

History, n (%)

Prior related firearm injury

12 (4.4)

2 (2.6)

7 (6.7)

3 (3.4)

223.1% (− 30.9–1409.9%)

44.0% (–75.3–740.1%)

11.3% (–36.0–93.7%)

Drug, gang, or violence involvement

38 (14.0)

15 (19.2)

15 (14.4)

8 (9.0)

–7.7% (–52.7–80.0%)

–48.8% (–76.9–13.6%)

–26.4% (–48.3–4.8%)

Substance use in patient or parent

129 (47.6)

36 (46.2)

48 (46.2)

45 (50.6)

23.1% (–13.8–75.7%)

20.0% (–14.0–67.5%)

9.0% (–7.0–27.9%)

Mental illness in patient

48 (17.7)

8 (10.3)

25 (24.0)

15 (16.9)

188.5% (36.6–509.0%)

80.0% (–20.5–307.8%)

22.7% (–8.3–64.1%)

Mental illness in parent

17 (6.3)

8 (10.3)

5 (4.8)

4 (4.5)

–42.3% (–80.3–68.7%)

–52.0% (–84.9–52.9%)

–32.2% (–62.9–23.8%)

Domestic violence/IPV/Abuse in patient or parent

22 (8.1)

5 (6.4)

5 (4.8)

12 (13.5)

–7.7% (–72.2–206.5%)

130.4% (–14.7–522.6%)

62.6% (–7.2–185.2%)

Chronic illness

24 (8.9)

8 (10.3)

8 (7.7)

8 (9.0)

–7.7% (–65.7–148.7%)

–4.0% (–62.0–142.6%)

–2.0% (–39.0–57.3%)

Food Insecurity

25 (9.2)

4 (5.1)

12 (11.5)

9 (10.1)

176.9% (–8.9–742.0%)

116.0% (–30.6–572.0%)

33.7% (-12.1–103.4%)

Single parent household, n (%)

Yes

126 (46.5)

14 (17.9)

54 (51.9)

58 (65.2)

256.0% (110.1–503.5%)

297.7% (139.9–559.3%)

71.7% (44.2–104.5%)

No

54 (19.9)

10 (12.8)

24 (23.1)

20 (22.5)

121.5% (13.8–331.2%)

92.0% (–6.1–292.8%)

30.6% (–2.4–74.7%)

  1. aPercentage changes were estimated with Poisson regression model with year as the main predictor
  2. CI stands for confidence interval
  3. Bold values indicate a percentage change with a 95% confidence interval that does not cross 0