Table 3.

Decedent demographics from homicide, suicide, and unintentional deaths (n = 4364).

Variable	Pre-pandemic period, 2016–2019	During pandemic period, 2020	p-Value
	(N = 3437)	(N = 927)
Age in years, mean (std. dev.)	48.4 (21.6)	50.0 (21.9)	0.05
Age categories, N (%)
0–34 years	975 (28.4%)	248 (26.8%)	0.34
35–64 years	1646 (47.9%)	418 (45.1%)	0.14
65+ years	816 (23.7%)	260 (28.1%)	0.007
Missing	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	–
Gender
Male	2363 (68.8%)	648 (69.9%)	0.50
Female	1074 (31.3%)	279 (30.1%)
Race, N (%)
White	2878 (83.9%)	747 (80.6%)	0.02
Black	451 (13.1%)	149 (16.1%)	0.02
Other race	101 (2.9%)	31 (3.3%)	0.53
Missing	7 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	–
Ethnicity
Hispanic	83 (2.4%)	36 (3.9%)	0.02
Intent
Homicide	356 (10.4%)	119 (12.8%)	0.03
Death at home	182 (51.1%)	68 (57.1%)	0.25
Suicide	1097 (31.9%)	258 (27.8%)	0.02
Death at home	918 (83.7%)	212 (82.2%)	0.56
Unintentional	1984 (57.7%)	550 (59.3%)	0.38
Death at home	819 (41.3%)	216 (39.3%)	0.40
Location of death
Home	1919 (55.8%)	496 (53.5%)	0.21
Hospital	1518 (44.2%)	431 (46.5%)