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May 2002, Vol 92, No. 5 | American Journal of Public Health 841-843
© 2002 American Public Health Association

RESEARCH AND PRACTICE

Trends in Mortality Due to Legal Intervention in the United States, 1979 Through 1997

Andrew G. Sikora, MD, PhD and Michael Mulvihill, DrPH

Andrew G. Sikora is with the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY. Michael Mulvihill is with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Michael Mulvihill, DrPH, 1300 Morris Park Ave, Room 906 Belfer, Bronx, NY 10461.

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.

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.

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.

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.






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