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. 2019 Jul 22;116(32):15877–15882. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1903856116

Table 3.

Racial Disparity in Civilian Race by Shooting Type

Black Hispanic
Model and variable Level OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
0. Typical shooting 0.15 0.08, 0.26 0.30 0.20, 0.46
1. Civilian age Low 0.25 0.14, 0.47 0.54 0.33, 0.88
2. Civilian age High 0.09 0.05, 0.16 0.17 0.10, 0.27
3. Civilian armed No 0.20 0.10, 0.37 0.28 0.15, 0.53
4. Civilian armed Yes 0.11 0.05, 0.24 0.32 0.17, 0.61
5. Civilian MH issue No 0.21 0.11, 0.39 0.47 0.25, 0.86
6. Civilian MH issue Yes 0.11 0.06, 0.20 0.19 0.11, 0.32
7. Civilian suicidal No 0.27 0.16, 0.48 0.27 0.16, 0.46
8. Civilian suicidal Yes 0.08 0.03, 0.18 0.33 0.17, 0.75
9. Civilian attacking No 0.10 0.03, 0.30 0.30 0.13, 0.68
10. Civilian attacking Yes 0.21 0.12, 0.36 0.30 0.17, 0.53
11. Officer number Low 0.14 0.08, 0.26 0.27 0.18, 0.41
12. Officer number High 0.15 0.08, 0.28 0.33 0.20, 0.56
13. Officer % Black Low 0.14 0.07, 0.26 0.29 0.18, 0.48
14. Officer % Black High 0.16 0.09, 0.29 0.31 0.19, 0.49
15. Officer % Hispanic Low 0.12 0.07, 0.22 0.24 0.15, 0.38
16. Officer % Hispanic High 0.18 0.10, 0.34 0.38 0.24, 0.59
17. Officer % women Low 0.14 0.08, 0.26 0.32 0.20, 0.51
18. Officer % women High 0.15 0.08, 0.28 0.28 0.17, 0.46
19. Officer experience Low 0.14 0.08, 0.26 0.30 0.18, 0.49
20. Officer experience High 0.15 0.08, 0.28 0.30 0.19, 0.49

Model 0 represents the typical shooting (all variables are effect coded or centered). Models 1–20 are coded to indicate certain types of shootings. Level indicates at what level of the variable racial disparity is tested. MH, mental health. n=917.