Table 2.
Distribution of older adult homicide perpetrator characteristics using the National Violent Death Reporting System Data from 2003 to 2017
| Perpetrator Characteristicsa | Total (N = 5961) N (%) |
Firearm Homicides (n = 2579) n (%) |
Non-firearm Homicides (n = 3382) n (%) |
Prevalence Difference (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 3833 (86.3) | 1708 (88.7) | 2125 (84.4) | 4.3 (2.3, 6.3) |
| Female | 610 (13.7) | 217 (11.3) | 393 (15.6) | −4.3 (−6.3, −2.3) |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 2273 (46.1) | 1105 (51.4) | 1168 (42.0) | 9.4 (6.6, 12.1) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 1138 (23.1) | 471 (21.9) | 667 (24.0) | −2.1 (−4.4, 0.3) |
| Hispanic | 188 (3.8) | 60 (2.8) | 128 (4.6) | −1.8 (−2.9, 0.7) |
| All other raceb | 1329 (27.0) | 514 (23.9) | 815 (29.3) | −5.4 (−7.9, −3.0) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| < 18 | 122 (3.4) | 54 (3.3) | 68 (3.4) | −0.1 (−1.2, 1.1) |
| 18 to 59 | 2611 (71.9) | 934 (57.8) | 1677 (83.2) | −25.4 (−28.3, − 22.4) |
| 60 and above | 898 (24.7) | 627 (38.8) | 271 (13.4) | 25.4 (22.6, 28.2) |
| Perpetrator was caregiver for victim | 236 (5.1) | 86 (4.2) | 150 (5.7) | −1.5 (−2.8, −0.3) |
| Perpetrator mentally ill | 418 (13.8) | 116 (8.7) | 301 (17.7) | −8.9 (−11.3, −6.6) |
Columns may not always equal to 100% due to rounding
a Missing Data: Sex (1518 [25.5%]), Race/Ethnicity (1033 [17.3%]), Age (2330 [39.1%]), Perpetrator was caregiver of victim (1289 [21.6%]), Perpetrator mentally ill (2928 [49.1%])
b all other race includes American Indian/Alaska Native (non-Hispanic), Asian/Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic), two or more races (non-Hispanic), other/unspecified (non-Hispanic)