Philadelphia Residents


Cases

Average Charge

Firearm Type Purposely
Inflicted
Accident
Undetermined
Self
Inficted
Total Purposely
Inflicted
Accident
Undetermined
Self
inflicted
Handgun 424 36 10 470 $25,410 $25,282 $55,559
Shotgun 38 6 0 44 $41,502 $18,929 ----
Hunting Firearm 1 0 1 2 $101,055 ---- 5,347
Miltary Firearm 0 0 0 0 ---- ----

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Other or 
Unspecified Firearm
705 99 3 807 $31,175 $30,293 $105,267
Total 1,168 141 14 1,323 $29,489 $28,530 $59,344

Notes:

The average charge, for Philadelphia, for a gunshot wound hospitalization (independent of the firearm type or the method of infliction) is: $29,682.

Total charges can be obtained from the above table by multiplying the number of cases by the relevant average charge. Performing these calculations with the figures in the above table yields total charges, for Philadelphia, of approximately $40 million. (Because aberrant charges were eliminated before the figures in this table were calculated, this $40 million figure is an adjusted figure. The unadjusted figure for total charges is over $46 million.)