Table 1 Comparison of traumatic injuries by firearm, using trauma registry data at 6 US level I trauma centers, 1/1/2016–6/30/2022
From: A joinpoint analysis examining trends in firearm injuries at six us trauma centers from 2016 to 2022
Variable | Firearm injury (n = 1908) | Non-firearm injury (n = 70,566) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Demographics | |||
 NH white | 942 (49.4) | 52,348 (74.2) |  < 0.001 |
 Hispanic | 395 (20.7) | 11,328 (16.1) |  < 0.001 |
 NH black | 463 (24.3) | 2857 (4.1) |  < 0.001 |
 NH AAPI/AIAN | 30 (1.6) | 1727 (2.5) | 0.01 |
 NH other | 78 (4.1) | 2306 (3.3) | 0.05 |
 Age 18–30 | 873 (45.8) | 10,406 (14.8) |  < 0.001 |
 Female sex | 279 (14.6) | 31,547 (44.7) |  < 0.001 |
 Uninsured/self-pay | 853 (44.7) | 8088 (11.5) |  < 0.001 |
Severity and resource utilization | |||
 ISS ≥ 16 | 574 (30.1) | 11,466 (16.3) |  < 0.001 |
 Respiratory ventilation | 485 (25.5) | 4836 (6.9) |  < 0.001 |
 Blood transfusion | 387 (20.3) | 5640 (8.0) |  < 0.001 |
 ICU admission | 847 (44.4) | 22,860 (32.4) |  < 0.001 |
 Median hospital LOS | 3 (1–7) | 4 (2–6) |  < 0.001 |
 Median ICU LOS | 3 (2–5) | 3 (2–5) | 0.09 |
 Mortality | 283 (14.8) | 1944 (2.8) |  < 0.001 |