Research indicates that the burden of violent death in the United States is disproportionate across racial and ethnic groups. Yet documented disparities in rates of violent death do not capture the full extent of this inequity. Recent studies ...
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“… The most recent race-specific age-adjusted homicide rates are 33.6 per 100,000 for African American persons, 12.9 for American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 6.9 per 100,000 for Hispanic persons, 3.3 per 100,000 for White persons, and 1.7 for Asian and Pacific Islander persons.
Suicide rates are highest for American Indian and Alaska Native (28.1 per 100,000) and White (17.4 per 100,000) persons, followed by African American (8.7 per 100,000), Hispanic (7.9 per 100,000), and Asian and Pacific Islander (6.8 per 100,000) persons…
… Homicide-suicide tends to be a predominantly White phenomenon. Research has indicated that White homicide offenders are at least two times more likely than non-White homicide offenders to commit suicide [
17,
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20]. Additionally, persons who die by suicide following homicide are more likely than homicide offenders, but less likely than persons who die by suicide, to be White …
… For example, in 2020, homicide was the fourth leading cause of death among non-Hispanic White persons aged 1 to 9 years and the fifth most common cause of death among White persons aged 10–34 years. But, for African American residents, homicide was the second leading cause of death among persons aged 1 to 14 years and the single most common cause of death among persons aged 15–24 years. For American Indian and Alaska Native residents, homicide was the second leading cause of death among persons aged 1 to 9 years and the third most common cause of death for persons aged 15 to 24 years. For Hispanic residents, homicide was the fourth leading cause of death among persons aged 1 to 14 years and the third most common cause of death among persons aged 15–34 years. Homicide was approximately the fourth leading cause of death among all Asian or Pacific Islander age groups under 34 years of age…”
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