Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Lethal Force by US Police, 2010-2014.
Am J Public Health
; 107(2): 295-297, 2017 02.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27997230
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To update previous examinations of racial/ethnic disparities in the use of lethal force by US police.METHODS:
I examined online national vital statistics data for deaths assigned an underlying cause of "legal intervention" (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, external-cause-of-injury codes Y35.0-Y35.7, excluding Y35.5 [legal execution]) for the 5-year period 2010 to 2014.RESULTS:
Death certificates identified 2285 legal intervention deaths (1.5 per million population per year) from 2010 to 2014. Among males aged 10 years or older, who represented 96% of these deaths, the mortality rate among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic individuals was 2.8 and 1.7 times higher, respectively, than that among White individuals.CONCLUSIONS:
Substantial racial/ethnic disparities in legal intervention deaths remain an ongoing problem in the United States.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Etnicidade
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Polícia
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Aplicação da Lei
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Homicídio
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article