Table 1

Sample characteristics for study of demolitions (n=1792) on firearm violence in Rochester, New York, 2009–2019

TotalCluster A, n (%)Cluster B, n (%)Cluster C, n (%)Cluster D, n (%)Cluster E, n (%)
Citywide
Grid squares, 152×152 m60751634 (27)1146 (19)1236 (20)1582 (26)477 (8)
Final sample (at least one demolition during intervention phase)
Grid squares, 152×152 m647421 (65)133 (21)83 (13)10 (2)0
Shootings per year:
 Preintervention, 2000–2008 – mean (SD)0.20 (0.49)0.22 (0.51)0.17 (0.46)0.15 (0.46)0.04 (0.21)
 Intervention, 2009–2020 – mean (SD)0.18 (0.48)0.21 (0.52)0.12 (0.38)0.12 (0.39)0.06 (0.27)
Demolitions:
 Per year, 2009–2019 – mean (SD)0.24 (0.57)0.25 (0.58)0.22 (0.54)0.24 (0.59)0.11 (0.37)
 Cumulative, end of 2019 – mean (SD)2.77 (2.24)2.91 (2.30)2.44 (1.84)2.76 (2.52)1.20 (0.42)