Research Article

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

Table 3

Characteristics of emergency department visits and injury-related hospitalizations, 2010.

Emergency department visitsED patients not known to be IPV-involved (,964) Total IPV-involved individuals (,937) valueVictim/perpetrator status during 2010
Victim only (,419)Defendant only (,387)Bidirectional ()-value

Prevalence ED NA52.3% (1,536)54.5 (774)45.5 (631)100 (131)<.001

Total # ED visits158,710 visits5,285 visits2,891 visits1,909 visits485 visits

(Among ED patients)
Average # ED visits (SD)
(,964)
1.8 (2.0)
(,536)
3.4 (4.9)
<.001()
3.7 (5.5)
()
3.0 (4.2)
()
3.7 (4.2)
.021

(Among ED visits)
Visits with injury code
(158,710)
19.3% (30,690)
(5,285)
19.0% (1,005)
.503(2,891)
17.2 (496)
(1,909)
20.8 (398)
(485)
22.9 (111)
<.001

(Among ED visits)
ED visit same day as crime
NA(5,285)
3.8% (203)
(2,891)
4.8 (138)
(1,909)
1.9 (36)
(485)
6.0 (29)
<.001

(Among ED visits)
Injury-related hospitalization
(158,710 visits)
1.1 (1,812)
(5,285 visits)
0.4 (20)
<.001(2,891)
0.1 (2)
(1,909)
0.7 (13)
(485)
1.0 (5)
.007

(Among hospitalizations)
Hospitalization same day as crime
NA(20)
25.0% (5)
(2)
50.0% (1)
(13)
15.4% (2)
(5)
40.0% (2)
.385

Boldface indicates statistical significance ().