Table 2 Descriptive statistics for comparisons between fatal and non-fatal incidents in relation to the three access to emergency medical care proxy variables
From: Too far for comfort? Situational access to emergency medical care and violent assault lethality
Variable | Fatal (N = 778) | Non-fatal (N = 734) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Median | Mean | SD | Median | Mean | SD | |
Time taken to report (h) | 0.2 | 205.3 | 3093.1 | 0.1 | 138.7 | 2899.2 |
Distance to ambulance station (miles) | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 0.7 |
Distance to emergency department (miles) | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 |