Table 1

Demographics and baseline characteristics stratified by non-violent traumatic injury vs. violent or intentional traumatic injury (with and without service use)

All patients (n=1432)VOCARP service use?Non-violent traumatic injury control group (n=201)P value*
Yes (n=1019)No (n=212)
Age (years)±SD36.6±15.534.4±13.736.2±14.448.4±19.50.085
Male838 (58.5%)567 (55.6%)150 (70.8%)121 (60.2%)<0.001
Race
 Caucasian606 (42.4%)378 (37.1%)78 (37.0%)150 (74.6%)1.00
 Black American714 (49.9%)553 (54.3%)119 (56.4%)42 (20.9%)0.65
 Other111 (7.8%)88 (8.6%)14 (6.6%)9 (4.5%)0.41
Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic1313 (91.7%)926 (90.9%)193 (91.0%)194 (96.5%)1.00
 Hispanic119 (8.3%)93 (9.1%)19 (9.0%)7 (3.5%)1.00
Marital status
 Single1013 (70.7%)800 (78.5%)107 (50.5%)106 (52.7%)<0.001
 Married or significant other267 (18.7%)119 (11.7%)86 (40.6%)62 (30.9%)<0.001
 Divorced125 (8.7%)86 (8.4%)15 (7.1%)24 (11.9%)0.58
 Widowed27 (1.9%)14 (1.4%)4 (1.9%)9 (4.5%)0.53
Employment
 Employed506 (35.4%)356 (35.0%)75 (35.4%)75 (37.3%)0.94
 Unemployed820 (57.4%)638 (62.8%)107 (50.5%)75 (37.3%)0.0012
 Retired62 (4.3%)8 (0.8%)8 (3.8%)46 (22.9%)0.0025
 Student41 (2.9%)14 (1.4%)22 (10.4%)5 (2.5%)<0.001
Insurance
 Medicaid913 (64.1%)687 (67.4%)152 (74.2%)74 (36.8%)0.26
 Medicare98 (6.9%)48 (4.7%)9 (4.4%)41 (20.4%)0.86
 BWC39 (2.7%)25 (2.5%)0 (0%)14 (7.0%)0.014
 Uninsured187 (13.1%)158 (15.5%)17 (8.3%)12 (6.0%)0.0034
 Commercial63 (4.4%)36 (3.5%)9 (4.4%)18 (9.0%)0.55
 Managed care125 (8.8%)65 (6.4%)18 (8.8%)42 (20.9%)0.29
  • Bold denotes statistical significance.

  • *P values represent univariate statistical comparisons between VOCARP service users and non-users.

  • BWC, Bureau of Workers’ Compensation; VOCARP, Victims of Crime Advocacy and Recovery Program.