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. 2019 Mar;109(3):458–464. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2018.304851

TABLE 3—

Results of Negative Binomial Regression Models for the Ratio of Observed-to-Expected Police-Related Deaths by Census Tract ICE Measure and Poverty: United States, 2015–2016

Census Tract Measure Racial/Ethnic Group(s) Included in Model, IRR (95% CI)
All Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic
Poverty
 Q1 (Ref) 1 1 1 1
 Q2 1.78 (1.48, 2.14) 1.81 (1.45, 2.26) 1.73 (1.05, 2.85) 1.72 (1.01, 2.91)
 Q3 1.88 (1.56, 2.26) 1.94 (1.56, 2.43) 1.78 (1.1, 2.89) 1.47 (0.87, 2.47)
 Q4 2.36 (1.98, 2.82) 2.64 (2.12, 3.28) 2.31 (1.47, 3.64) 1.67 (1.02, 2.74)
 Q5 3.03 (2.56, 3.60) 3.49 (2.8,0 4.34) 3.46 (2.25, 5.33) 2.17 (1.36, 3.48)
ICE (high vs low income)
 Q1 (Ref) 1 1 1 1
 Q2 1.82 (1.52, 2.17) 1.85 (1.48, 2.31) 1.92 (1.23, 3.02) 1.27 (0.84, 1.94)
 Q3 2.05 (1.72, 2.46) 2.26 (1.81, 2.83) 1.96 (1.25, 3.08) 1.24 (0.81, 1.90)
 Q4 2.55 (2.14, 3.03) 2.94 (2.36, 3.67) 2.45 (1.60, 3.76) 1.50 (1.00, 2.24)
 Q5 3.36 (2.85, 3.97) 4.10 (3.28, 5.12) 3.59 (2.40, 5.37) 1.95 (1.32, 2.86)
ICE (White vs Black)
 Q1 (Ref) 1 1 1 1
 Q2 1.02 (0.84, 1.25) 1.01 (0.82, 1.25) 0.61 (0.26, 1.46) 1.17 (0.40, 3.44)
 Q3 1.04 (0.85, 1.26) 1.15 (0.93, 1.43) 0.52 (0.23, 1.16) 0.49 (0.17, 1.46)
 Q4 1.11 (0.91, 1.35) 1.37 (1.09, 1.72) 0.43 (0.20, 0.94) 0.71 (0.25, 2.02)
 Q5 1.35 (1.11, 1.64) 1.96 (1.51, 2.54) 0.53 (0.25, 1.15) 0.74 (0.26, 2.12)
ICE (White vs PoC)
 Q1 (Ref) 1 1 1 1
 Q2 1.10 (0.91, 1.34) 1.14 (0.93, 1.41) 0.48 (0.23, 1.03) 0.96 (0.32, 2.90)
 Q3 1.05 (0.86, 1.28) 1.17 (0.94, 1.45) 0.47 (0.24, 0.92) 0.47 (0.16, 1.40)
 Q4 1.12 (0.92, 1.36) 1.42 (1.13, 1.79) 0.40 (0.21, 0.78) 0.66 (0.23, 1.89)
 Q5 1.40 (1.15, 1.71) 2.21 (1.69, 2.88) 0.53 (0.27, 1.02) 0.64 (0.22, 1.84)
ICE (high-income White vs low-income Black)
 Q1 (Ref) 1 1 1 1
 Q2 1.91 (1.58, 2.30) 1.95 (1.56, 2.44) 2.18 (1.27, 3.76) 1.24 (0.74, 2.06)
 Q3 2.23 (1.85, 2.69) 2.44 (1.96, 3.05) 2.17 (1.26, 3.73) 1.31 (0.80, 2.15)
 Q4 2.72 (2.28, 3.24) 3.37 (2.72, 4.17) 2.07 (1.23, 3.48) 1.65 (1.06, 2.56)
 Q5 2.81 (2.36, 3.35) 3.54 (2.79, 4.48) 2.67 (1.66, 4.29) 1.45 (0.92, 2.28)
ICE (high-income White vs low-income PoC)
 Q1 (Ref) 1 1 1 1
 Q2 1.95 (1.61, 2.36) 2.14 (1.71, 2.68) 1.74 (1.01, 2.98) 0.79 (0.43, 1.47)
 Q3 2.13 (1.76, 2.58) 2.37 (1.89, 2.97) 1.44 (0.83, 2.50) 1.53 (0.91, 2.59)
 Q4 2.54 (2.12, 3.04) 3.13 (2.52, 3.88) 1.89 (1.17, 3.05) 1.32 (0.82, 2.13)
 Q5 2.99 (2.51, 3.56) 4.17 (3.30, 5.29) 2.47 (1.57, 3.88) 1.63 (1.04, 2.56)

Note. CI = confidence interval; ICE = Index of Concentration at the Extremes; IRR = incidence rate ratio; PoC = people of color; Q = quintile. Models included random intercepts for city and state, and controlled for city population size.