Research Article

Emergency Department Visits and Injury Hospitalizations for Female and Male Victims and Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Violence

Table 1

Characteristics of IPV-involved individuals, stratified by IPV victim/perpetrator status.

Total IPV-involved individuals (,937) % (#)Victim/perpetrator status during 2010
Victim only
(,419)
% (#)
Perpetrators only
(,387)
% (#)
Bidirectional
()
% (#)
value

Gender
 Female50.4 (1445)78.8 (1078)21.6 (295)55.4 (72)
 Male49.6 (1420)21.2 (290)78.4 (1072)44.6 (58)<.001
Missing
Race
 White53.2 (1431)55.8 (702)50.3 (661)55.7 (68)
 Black45.2 (1218)42.2 (530)48.3 (634)44.3 (54).013
 Other1.6 (43)2.0 (25)1.4 (18)— (0)
Missing
Age (years)
 <25 33.1 (947)34.9 (468)31.1 (431)36.6 (48)
 25–3020.3 (581)20.8 (279)19.7 (273)22.1 (29)
 31–4024.0 (686)23.0 (309)25.6 (355)16.8 (22).093
 >4022.5 (644)21.3 (285)23.6 (327)24.4 (32)
Missing
Average # of IPV incidents in 2010 (SD)1.24 (0.62)1.16 (0.50)1.19 (0.54)2.61 (0.93)<.001
Range in # of incidents in 20101 to 61 to 61 to 62 to 6NA
% with multiple IPV incidents16.8 (493)11.8 (167)14.1 (195)100 (131)<.001

Percentages and values based upon valid, nonmissing responses.
Boldface indicates statistical significance ().