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Table 1 Violence-related hospitalizations 2008–2017: Demographic and injury event characteristics by ethnic group

From: Minorities and foreign born are disproportionately affected by injuries due to violence: an analysis based on a National Trauma Registry 2008–2017

Variable

Total

(N = 16,151)

AI

(46.1%)

IBE

(3.2%)

IBFSU

(12.7%)

AOI

(38.0%)

P value a

Age, %

< 0.0001

 0–14

9.1

9.5

4.0

1.6

11.6

 15–24

38.5

41.9

40.4

25.5

38.4

 25–44

35.7

36.8

44.5

45.7

30.2

 45–64

13.0

10.4

8.2

20.1

14.2

 65+

3.7

1.4

2.9

7.1

5.5

Gender (Male), %

88.0

90.3

91.6

86.1

85.5

< 0.0001

Injury setting, %

< 0.0001

 Street

48.1

47.5

58.4

54.4

45.8

 Home

11.3

10.1

11.3

12.9

12.3

 Public

8.8

4.6

12.8

12.9

12.3

 Other

31.8

37.8

17.4

19.8

29.6

Hours of a day and days of a week, %

< 0.0001

 Weeknight/Weekend

73.9

75.5

82.8

74.7

70.9

 Weekday

26.1

24.5

17.2

25.3

29.1

  1. Abbreviations: AI Arab Israelis, IBE Israelis Born in Ethiopia, IBFSU Israelis Born in former Soviet Union, AOI All other Israelis
  2. aP-values were determined by X2