Table 1A Summary demographics of 2002 NTDB patients with blunt splenic or liver injury.^a

Mean age± SD^d

34 ± 17.7

36.1 ± 18.1^b

30 ± 19.2^c

34.5 ± 18.1

35.5 ± 16.1^b

31.2 ± 15.6^b

Gender

Female

8907 (34%)

677 (34%)^b

20 (42%)^c

7,505 (41%)

249 (43%)^b

54 (49%)^c

Male

17,048 (66%)

1,310 (66%)^b

28 (58%)^c

10,650 (59%)

329 (57%)^b

55 (51%)^c

Race

API^e

157 (0.6%)

7 (0.4%)^b

0^b

160 (0.9%)

5 (0.9%)^b

2 (2%)^b

Black

3,693 (14.3%)

235 (12%)^b

6 (13%)^b

4,329 (24.1%)

121 (21%)^b

19 (18%)^c

Latino

1,762 (6.8%)

107 (5.5%)^b

3 (6%)^b

1,310 (7.3%)

47 (8%)^b

9 (8.4%)^b

Native

98 (0.4%)

8 (0.4%)^b

1 (2%)^#

32 (0.2%)

5 (0.9%)^b

0^b

Other

332 (1.2%)

24 (1.2%)^b

0^b

214 (1.2%)

9 (1.6%)^b

1 (0.9%)^b

White

19,472 (75%)

1,570 (80%)^b

37 (79%)^b

11,860 (66.2%)

383 (67%)^b

76 (71%)^b

Payment source

Private

12,269 (47.2%)

891 (44.8%)^b

25 (52%)^b

7,037 (38.7%)

242 (41.9%)^b

46 (42.2%)^b

Medicare

4,710 (18.1%)

373 (18.8%)^b

6 (12.5%)^c

3,585 (19.7%)

114 (19.7%)^b

24 (22%)^b

Self^f

3,774 (14.5%)

360 (18.1%)^b

4 (8.3%)^c

2,793 (15.4%)

100 (17.3%)^b

26 (23.8%)

Work^g

951 (3.7%)

56 (0.5%)^c

1 (2.1%)^b

481 (2.6%)

9 (1.6%)^b

4 (3.7%)^b