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Trends in mortality due to legal intervention in the United States, 1979 through 1997.
- Source :
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American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2002 May; Vol. 92 (5), pp. 841-3. - Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Objectives: This report identifies trends in the number and rate of deaths due to law enforcement actions (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, category "legal intervention") in the United States.<br />Methods: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Compressed Mortality File was used to determine age-, race-, and sex-specific death rates due to legal intervention for the years 1979 through 1997.<br />Results: Males account for nearly all deaths, with the death rate for Black males several times that of White males. For both Whites and Blacks, the highest rates of death were observed for ages 20 to 34. Death rates declined significantly from 1979 to 1988 and remained stable thereafter.<br />Conclusions: While legal intervention is an uncommon cause of death, some subpopulations experience rates of death many times that of the US population as a whole.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Adult
Black or African American statistics & numerical data
Aged
Cause of Death
Child
Homicide ethnology
Homicide trends
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
National Center for Health Statistics, U.S.
United States epidemiology
White People statistics & numerical data
Homicide statistics & numerical data
Mortality trends
Police statistics & numerical data
Social Control, Formal
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0090-0036
- Volume :
- 92
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11988457
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.92.5.841