From 2016 to 2017, Black/African American patients accounted for 50 percent of the annual hospital costs related to firearm injuries in the United States. This statistic represents the distribution of total hospital costs related to firearm injury in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by ethnicity.
Distribution of total firearm injury related hospital costs in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by race
Note: Estimates are two-year sums based on information from 2016 and 2017 that have been adjusted for inflation to 2017 dollars; these expenses indicate hospital expenditures for providing fees, not payer costs. These expenses do not include nonfacility expenses, such as professional fees, or expenses for treatment at non community hospitals, including federal facilities managed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Defense, or the Indian Health Service.
Due to the tiny sample numbers, "Other" was created to include Native Americans, Asian and Pacific Islanders, and other groups.
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Commonwealth Fund, & GAO. (March 20, 2023). Distribution of total firearm injury related hospital costs in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by race [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382218/firearm-injury-related-hospital-cost-by-race-in-the-us/
Commonwealth Fund, und GAO. "Distribution of total firearm injury related hospital costs in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by race." Chart. March 20, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382218/firearm-injury-related-hospital-cost-by-race-in-the-us/
Commonwealth Fund, GAO. (2023). Distribution of total firearm injury related hospital costs in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by race. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382218/firearm-injury-related-hospital-cost-by-race-in-the-us/
Commonwealth Fund, and GAO. "Distribution of Total Firearm Injury Related Hospital Costs in The U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by Race." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382218/firearm-injury-related-hospital-cost-by-race-in-the-us/
Commonwealth Fund & GAO, Distribution of total firearm injury related hospital costs in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by race Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382218/firearm-injury-related-hospital-cost-by-race-in-the-us/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Distribution of total firearm injury related hospital costs in the U.S. from 2016 to 2017, by race [Graph], Commonwealth Fund, & GAO, March 20, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1382218/firearm-injury-related-hospital-cost-by-race-in-the-us/
