| Facing Assailants Armed with Handguns | ||
|---|---|---|
| Source Methodological Considerations | ||
| 1992 | For all those who were victimized in a robbery, sexual assault/rape/attempted rape, or aggravated assault, the following was true in 1992: 1.4% homicide 2.8% wounded 95.8% NOT WOUNDED Said another way, of those victims of nonfatal violent crime who faced an assailant armed with a firearm, only 3% suffered gunshot wounds. Almost half of those wounded were shot in an arm, hand, leg, or foot. Of those with gunshot wounds, 40% were treated in an ER and released. 6% were hospitalized, and 92% of those hospitalized were discharged from the hospital alive. In 10% of the nonfatal woundings, the victim DID NOT SEE THE ATTACKER. Of those who were killed, 29% were shot during an argument, 21% shot during the commission of another crime, and 6% died as the result of a juvenile gang killing. 12% of nonfatal wounds were received during "drive-by" shootings. The costs of handgun crime include: $28,000 per gunshot wound requiring hospitalization $6,500 per gunshot wound treated and released $21,700 per gunshot fatality | BJS-NCVS -CDC NCJ-16009993 April 1996 "Firearm Injury from Crime" Based on data collected by CDC from hospital emergency room reports of treatment of gunshot wounded patients |