Table 3.
Type of Violence | (Non-Hispanic) | Non-Hispanic | Black:White Non-Hispanic Ratiob | ||||
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Year | White | Black | Hispanic | American Indian/Alaska Native | Asian/Pacific Islander | ||
Homicides per 100 000 populationc | 2013 | 2.5 | 18.7 | 4.5 | 8.4 | 1.6 | 7.5 |
Aggravated assaults per 1000 population | 2013 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 3.7 | 1.8 | ||
Women reporting experiencing rape in their life, %d | 2011 | 20.5 | 21.2 | 13.6 | 27.5 | 1.0 | |
Women reporting experiencing physical violence by an intimate partner in their life, % | 2011 | 30.5 | 41.2 | 29.7 | 51.7 | 15.3 | 1.4 |
Annual child maltreatment cases per 1000 childrene | 2013 | 8.1 | 14.6 | 8.5 | 12.5 | 1.7/7.9 | 1.8 |
High school students in physical fight in past year, % | 2013 | 20.9 | 34.7 | 28.4 | 1.7 |
Data sources: homicide data from National Vital Statistics System; assault data from National Crime Victimization Survey; rape and intimate partner violence data from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey; child maltreatment data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System; fight data from the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.
The ratio is calculated by dividing the non-Hispanic black figure by the non-Hispanic white figure; this column is shown to highlight the magnitude of the disparity between fatal and nonfatal violence by race.
Rates of homicide are age adjusted.
Rape is defined as completed or attempted forced penetration, or alcohol or drug-facilitated penetration. An intimate partner can include current or former spouses (including married spouses, common-law spouses, civil union spouses, and domestic partners), boyfriends or girlfriends, dating partners, and ongoing sexual partners.
Child maltreatment is defined as determination that maltreatment was substantiated or indicated; or the child was considered an alternative response victim. Rates of child maltreatment are reported separately for Asian and Pacific Islander.