Inpatient Hospitalizations Resulting from Gunshot Wounds

Statewide

Cases

Average Charge
Firearm Type Purposely
Inflicted		 Accident
Undetermined		 Self
Inficted		 Total Purposely
Inflicted		 Accident
Undetermined		 Self
inflicted
Handgun 596 135 68 799 $23,278 $17,197 $35,376
Shotgun 55 48 16 119 $38,289 $19,687 $39,347
Hunting Firearm 5 44 17 66 $31,603 $13,748 $18,913
Miltary Firearm 2 2 0 4 $71,402 $13,971

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Other or 
Unspecified Firearm		 968 268 51 1287 $29,250 $20,630 $38,659
Total 1626 497 152 2275 $27,435 $18,967 $34,999

Notes:

The average charge, statewide, for a gunshot wound hospitalization (independent of the firearm type or the method of infliction) is: $26,071.

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, statewide, of approximately $60 million. (Because aberrant charges were eliminated before the figures in this table were calculated, this $60 million figure is an adjusted figure. The unadjusted figure for total charges is almost $70 million.)