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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of firearm-related homicide victims and census tracts -- Chicago, IL, 2019

From: Redlining, reinvestment, and racial segregation: a bayesian spatial analysis of mortgage lending trajectories and firearm-related violence

Victims (n)

400

Age, years (mean (SD))

29.09 (10.52)

Gender

 

Female

38 (9.50)

Male

362 (90.50)

Race

 

Am. Indian

1 (0.25)

Black

327 (81.75)

Other

1 (0.25)

White

 71 (17.75)

Ethnicity

 

Latine

57 (14.25)

Non-Latine

343 (85.75)

Chicago residence

335 (83.75)

Census tracts (n)

218

Lending practice (mean (SD))

 

Historic redlining score

3.27 (0.55)

Rate spread

1.43 (1.66)

Loans per 1000

25.48 (27.53)

Property to loan ratio

1.47 (2.56)

Redlining trajectory

 

Disinvested

17 (7.80)

Growing investment

56 (25.69)

High investment

5 (2.29)

Sustained disinvestment

140 (64.22)

Neighborhood characteristics (mean (SD))

 

Poverty rate

29.05 (13.01)

Housing age

69.40 (12.55)

Area deprivation index

117.09 (15.54)

  1. Numbers are No. (%) unless otherwise noted. SD = standard deviation.