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Table 5 Summary statistics of covariates, comparing tract-years with and without firearm suicides

From: Neighborhood predictors of suicide and firearm suicide in Detroit, Michigan

Variable

Sig

Tract-Years w/o FAS

Tract-Years w FAS

Median

Mean (SD)

Median

Mean (SD)

Demographic Features

% Black

 

98.01

85.49 (27.10)

98.11

86.03 (26.39)

% Hispanic

 

0.95

6.54 (18.34)

0.94

6.78 (19.05)

% White

 

0.88

7.95 (14.92)

0.74

8.58 (15.68)

% Other race

 

0.81

5.77 (14.77)

0.87

5.38 (12.19)

% male aged 15 to 29

 

11.42

11.02 (2.79)

11.37

11.21 (2.41)

Residential racial segregation

 

− 0.97

− 0.78 (0.40)

− 0.97

− 0.77 (0.42)

Naturalized

 

16.00

34.72 (55.50)

17.00

37.40 (53.97)

Not US citizens

 

12.00

45.13 (93.18)

15.00

49.43 (95.53)

Population

 

2082.00

2194.80 (1058.25)

2416.00

2477.71 (951.65)

Residential Stability

recent movers

 

82.00

83.56 (36.67)

77.00

81.54 (34.50)

% renters

 

47.57

49.63 (18.62)

44.70

47.02 (17.78)

Max # of arms-length transfers per parcel

 

2.00

2.07 (1.04)

2.00

2.28 (1.05)

% parcels w arms-length transfer (5 yrs)

*

0.03

0.03 (0.03)

0.03

0.04 (0.03)

Socioeconomic Features

% female-headed households

 

16.65

16.56 (6.07)

16.37

16.62 (5.77)

% crowded households

 

14.00

16.35 (13.80)

15.00

16.76 (13.14)

% working in prof/bus/fin sectors

 

12.75

13.32 (7.38)

13.54

13.57 (5.92)

% adults high school graduates

 

69.07

69.23 (13.16)

73.65

71.57 (11.46)

Residential economic segregation

 

− 0.41

− 0.40 (0.20)

− 0.38

− 0.37 (0.18)

In armed forces currently

 

0.00

4.54 (17.87)

0.00

5.49 (19.70)

Median household income

 

28188.00

29885.94 (12678.68)

30375.00

32072.39 (12428.22)

% out of labor force

 

47.65

47.64 (10.40)

46.55

46.67 (7.45)

% below 150% of poverty line

 

44.53

42.66 (19.54)

36.97

38.35 (17.07)

% children aged 3+ in preschool

 

1.91

2.02 (1.06)

2.07

2.18 (1.12)

% children enrolled in K-12 private school

 

8.13

10.27 (8.19)

8.82

10.90 (7.70)

% public transit users

 

188.00

209.02 (143.50)

151.00

176.88 (113.76)

Unemployment rate

 

8.10

8.72 (4.75)

8.22

8.50 (3.64)

Median residential sales price (5 yrs)

 

25000.00

41214.71 (62935.29)

28500.00

44230.20 (42549.81)

% of parcels mortgage foreclosed

 

0.00

0.01 (0.01)

0.01

0.01 (0.01)

% of parcels tax delinquent

 

0.00

0.17 (0.18)

0.00

0.18 (0.20)

% of parcels tax foreclosed

 

0.00

0.02 (0.03)

0.00

0.02 (0.03)

Physical features

Commercial buildings per sq. mi

 

93.12

99.12 (57.31)

91.37

100.34 (64.01)

Condos per sq. mi

*

1.96

14.74 (39.90)

2.27

22.96 (56.96)

Industrial buildings per sq. mi

 

2.92

8.45 (14.28)

2.33

7.38 (13.65)

Large (7+) apt. buildings per sq. mi

 

5.57

12.21 (19.41)

5.79

13.97 (26.48)

Small (1-6) apt. buildings per sq. mi

 

112.00

223.18 (292.58)

83.27

188.89 (249.43)

Mixed use buildings per sq. mi

 

0.00

4.41 (17.80)

0.00

4.75 (18.49)

Single family homes per sq. mi

 

1710.87

1579.57 (962.99)

2014.14

1806.57 (955.58)

Buildings per sq. mi. with grade D/F

 

73.22

98.34 (91.91)

55.28

82.40 (82.73)

Demolitions per sq. mi

 

0.00

2.01 (5.74)

0.00

2.18 (6.22)

% of parcels with vacant buildings

 

25.75

27.89 (14.61)

23.85

25.12 (11.59)

Building rehabilitations per sq. mi

 

0.00

1.35 (5.55)

0.00

1.67 (5.50)

Vacant lots per sq. mi

*

775.38

948.21 (719.90)

583.95

764.71 (610.97)

Protected land (acres)

 

1.63

18.36 (80.18)

2.41

10.56 (24.97)

Count of beer, wine, liquor stores

 

1.00

0.97 (1.07)

1.00

0.97 (1.20)

Count of drinking establishments

 

0.00

0.75 (1.55)

0.00

0.70 (1.41)

Federally qualified health center count

 

0.00

0.08 (0.35)

0.00

0.08 (0.30)

Hospital count

 

0.00

0.04 (0.36)

0.00

0.09 (0.63)

National Walkability Index

 

12.61

12.73 (1.73)

12.56

12.77 (1.53)

Protected land (percent)

 

0.63

3.89 (11.41)

0.78

3.16 (6.17)

Historic redline grade

 

3.00

3.09 (0.77)

3.00

3.01 (0.82)

Religious buldings (count)

 

3.00

3.09 (2.56)

3.00

3.42 (2.58)

Road network density

 

24.71

24.79 (5.22)

25.24

25.19 (5.01)

School count

 

0.00

0.68 (0.94)

0.00

0.72 (0.95)

Square miles

 

0.46

0.48 (0.27)

0.46

0.48 (0.23)

Distance to public transit (cat)

 

2.00

2.00 (0.59)

2.00

1.97 (0.59)

Longitude

 

− 83.11

− 83.10 (0.09)

− 83.12

− 83.11 (0.10)

Latitude

 

42.38

42.39 (0.04)

42.39

42.39 (0.04)

  1. ‘*’ denotes covariates that were significant at the 0.05 level in a generalized linear mixed effects logistic regression with a random intercept by census tract using only the single covariate and controlling for population