Table 2

Non-fatal firearm assaults: sex, race and ethnicity, relative risk (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI), children ≤16 years old, 1986 and 1994

19861994
*Rate = rate per 100 000 persons <17 years old per year.
†Reference group.
Black male
    No275836
    Rate*169.2514.3
    RR (95% CI) 3.9 (2.7 to 5.6) 7.0 (5.3 to 9.1)
Hispanic male
    No112237
    Rate*115.4244.3
    RR (95% CI) 2.7 (1.8 to 3.9) 3.3 (2.5 to 4.4)
White male
    No 33 56
    Rate* 43.4 73.7
    RR (95% CI) 1.0† 1.0†
Black female
    No 71181
    Rate 44.3113.0
    RR (95% CI) 4.0 (2.0 to 8.4) 3.8 (2.4 to 5.8)
Hispanic female
    No 20 48
    Rate 21.5 51.6
    RR (95% CI) 2.0 (0.9 to 4.5) 1.7 (1.0 to 2.8)
White female
    No 8 22
    Rate 10.9 30.1
    RR (95% CI) 1.0† 1.0†