TABLE 3. Number and percentage* of homicides of females aged ≥18 years, by race/ethnicity, victim’s relationship to suspect and precipitating circumstances† for nonintimate partner violence (IPV)–related deaths — National Violent Death Reporting System, 18 states,§ 2003–2014.
| Characteristic | No. (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 3,586) | White, non-Hispanic (n = 1,859) | Black, non-Hispanic (n = 1,291) | American Indian/Alaska Native (n = 90) | Asian/Pacific Islander (n = 86) | Hispanic¶ (n = 260) | |
|
Victim-suspect relationship**
| ||||||
| Acquaintance†† |
439 (19.7)
|
188 (14.9)§§ |
190 (29.0)¶¶ |
16 (24.2) |
9 (14.3) |
36 (20.7) |
| Stranger†† |
349 (15.7)
|
176 (13.9)***,††† |
103 (15.7) |
10 (15.2) |
18 (28.6)¶¶ |
42 (24.1)¶¶ |
| Other person, known to victim |
339 (15.2)
|
195 (15.4) |
103 (15.7) |
9 (13.6) |
8 (12.7) |
24 (13.8) |
| Parent†† |
337 (15.2)
|
237 (18.7)§§,††† |
79 (12.0)¶¶ |
4 (6.1) |
7 (11.1) |
10 (5.7)¶¶ |
| Other†† |
760 (34.2)
|
469 (37.1)§§ |
181 (27.6)¶¶ |
27 (40.9) |
21 (33.3) |
62 (35.6) |
|
Circumstances
| ||||||
| Precipitated by another crime†† |
1,492 (41.6)
|
788 (42.4) |
526 (40.7)*** |
37 (41.1) |
49 (57.0)§§,††† |
92 (35.4)*** |
| Crime in progress§§§ |
1,002 (67.2)
|
535 (67.9) |
345 (65.6) |
25 (67.6) |
33 (67.3) |
64 (69.6) |
| Argument preceded victim's death†† | 1,357 (37.8) | 659 (35.4)§§ | 531 (41.1)¶¶,*** | 43 (47.8)*** | 22 (25.6)§§,¶¶¶ | 102 (39.2) |
* Denominator includes only decedents with one or more circumstances present: n = 3,586 (64.3%) non-IPV related homicides.
† The sum of percentages in columns exceeds 100% because more than one circumstance could have been present per decedent.
§ Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
¶ Includes persons of any race.
** Victim-suspect relationship known for 2,224 (62.0%) non-IPV-related female homicide victims.
†† Characteristic with a statistically significant result.
§§ Significantly different from non-Hispanic black females.
¶¶ Significantly different from non-Hispanic white females.
*** Significantly different from Asian/Pacific Islander females.
††† Significantly different from Hispanic females.
§§§ Denominator includes only those decedents involved in an incident that was precipitated by another crime.
¶¶¶ Significantly different from American Indian/Alaska Native females.