American Journal of Public Health
Volume 86, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-100

Homicide risk among immigrants in California, 1970 through 1992 (Article) (Open Access)

Sorenson S.B.* , Shen H.
  • a School of Public Health, Univ. of California at Los Angeles, United States, UCLA, School of Public Health, 10833 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, United States
  • b School of Public Health, Univ. of California at Los Angeles, United States

Abstract

According to the death certificates of the 65 510 California residents who died of homicide from 1970 through 1992, foreign-born persons are overrepresented in the homicides of California residents. Analysis of homicide data for 15- to 34-year-olds (n = 38 774), who account for a majority of all victims, indicated that immigrant-to-nonimmigrant risk patterns differed by ethnicity and across time. During the 23-year study period, foreign-born White. Hispanics, and Asians and other were at significantly higher risk and foreign-born Blacks were at a statistically similar risk of homicide compared with their US-born counterparts (risk ratio = 2,12, 1.24, 1.72, and 0.60, respectively).

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major clinical study immigrant death certificate homicide Article risk assessment United States human adult ethnic difference time Adolescent
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.1.97
ISSN: 00900036
Cited by: 25
Original Language: English