Table 3. Characteristics of law-enforcement-related deaths from The Counted matched and unmatched to National Vital Statistics System mortality records using the National Death Index (US, 2015).
| Characteristic | Matched cases | Unmatched cases | Total cases | Percent matched (95% CI) | p-Value (Fisher’s exact test)1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample | 991 | 95 | 1,086 | 91.3% (89.4, 92.9) | n/a |
| Individual-level characteristics | |||||
| Age | 0.61 | ||||
| Less than 18 years | 16 | 1 | 17 | 94.1% (71.3, 99.9) | |
| 18 to 44 years | 704 | 62 | 766 | 91.9% (89.4, 93.7) | |
| 45 years and older | 271 | 30 | 301 | 90.0% (86.1, 93.2) | |
| Missing | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% (0.0, 84.2) | |
| Gender | 0.09 | ||||
| Men | 955 | 88 | 1,043 | 91.6% (89.7, 93.2) | |
| Women | 36 | 7 | 43 | 83.7% (69.3, 93.2) | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | |
| Race/ethnicity2 | 0.12 | ||||
| Black | 265 | 29 | 294 | 90.1% (86.1, 93.2) | |
| White | 516 | 37 | 553 | 93.3% (90.1, 95.2) | |
| Hispanic | 164 | 23 | 187 | 87.7% (82.1, 92.0) | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 11 | 1 | 12 | 91.7% (61.5, 99.8) | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 21 | 1 | 22 | 95.5% (77.2, 99.9) | |
| Missing | 14 | 4 | 18 | 77.8% (52.4, 93.6) | |
| Mechanism of death | 0.84 | ||||
| Firearm | 920 | 88 | 1,008 | 91.3% (89.4, 92.9) | |
| Non-firearm | 71 | 7 | 78 | 91.0% (82.4, 96.3) | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | |
| County-level characteristics | |||||
| Death investigator type | 0.05 | ||||
| Medical examiner | 582 | 46 | 628 | 92.7% (90.4, 94.6) | |
| Coroner (elected) | 380 | 43 | 423 | 89.8% (86.6, 92.5) | |
| Coroner (appointed) | 29 | 6 | 35 | 82.9% (66.4, 93.4) | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | |
| Urbanicity | 0.20 | ||||
| Large metro–central | 358 | 33 | 391 | 91.6% (88.4, 94.1) | |
| Large metro–fringe | 171 | 21 | 192 | 89.1% (83.8, 93.1) | |
| Medium metro | 223 | 14 | 237 | 94.1% (90.3, 96.7) | |
| Small metro | 70 | 12 | 82 | 85.4% (75.8, 92.2) | |
| Micropolitan | 71 | 6 | 77 | 92.2% (83.8, 97.1) | |
| Non-core | 98 | 8 | 106 | 92.5% (85.7, 96.7) | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | |
| County median income (quintiles) | 0.19 | ||||
| Q5 (highest income) | 198 | 18 | 216 | 91.7% (87.1, 95.0) | |
| Q4 | 189 | 20 | 209 | 90.4% (85.6, 94.1) | |
| Q3 | 201 | 23 | 224 | 89.7% (85.0, 93.4) | |
| Q2 | 196 | 10 | 206 | 95.1% (91.3, 97.6) | |
| Q1 (lowest income) | 207 | 24 | 231 | 89.6% (84.9, 93.2) | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a |
1p-Values are for a difference in matching rate across categories of a characteristic; p-values are not adjusted for clustering and are therefore biased downward for county-level variables.
2Other than Hispanic, all races are non-Hispanic.
n/a, not applicable.