TABLE 6. Number, percentage,* and rate† of legal intervention§ deaths, by selected demographic characteristics of decedent, method used, and location in which injury occurred — National Violent Death Reporting System, 42 states and the District of Columbia,¶ 2019.
| Characteristic | Male |
Female |
Total |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | Rate | No. (%) | Rate | No. (%) | Rate | |
|
Age group (yrs)
| ||||||
| <10 |
0 (0.0) |
—** |
0 (0.0) |
— |
0 (0.0)
|
—
|
| 10–14 |
1 (<1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
1 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| 15–19 |
28 (4.2) |
0.4 |
2 (7.1) |
— |
30 (4.3)
|
0.2
|
| 20–24 |
66 (9.8) |
0.9 |
3 (10.7) |
— |
69 (9.9)
|
0.5
|
| 25–29 |
122 (18.2) |
1.5 |
3 (10.7) |
— |
125 (17.9)
|
0.8
|
| 30–34 |
101 (15.1) |
1.3 |
4 (14.3) |
— |
105 (15.0)
|
0.7
|
| 35–44 |
164 (24.4) |
1.2 |
5 (17.9) |
— |
169 (24.2)
|
0.6
|
| 45–54 |
110 (16.4) |
0.8 |
8 (28.6) |
— |
118 (16.9)
|
0.4
|
| 55–64 |
63 (9.4) |
0.5 |
2 (7.1) |
— |
65 (9.3)
|
0.2
|
| 65–74 |
9 (1.3) |
— |
1 (3.6) |
— |
10 (1.4)
|
—
|
| 75–84 |
7 (1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
7 (1.0)
|
—
|
| ≥85 |
0 (0.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
0 (0.0)
|
—
|
|
Race and ethnicity
| ||||||
| White, non-Hispanic |
296 (44.1) |
0.4 |
13 (46.4) |
— |
309 (44.2)
|
0.2
|
| Black, non-Hispanic |
198 (29.5) |
1.4 |
6 (21.4) |
— |
204 (29.2)
|
0.7
|
| American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic |
26 (3.9) |
2.4 |
1 (3.6) |
— |
27 (3.9)
|
1.2
|
| Asian or Pacific Islander |
20 (3.0) |
0.3 |
1 (3.6) |
— |
21 (3.0)
|
0.2
|
| Hispanic†† |
129 (19.2) |
0.8 |
6 (21.4) |
— |
135 (19.3)
|
0.4
|
| Other |
2 (<1.0) |
— |
1 (3.6) |
— |
3 (<1.0)
|
—
|
|
Method
| ||||||
| Firearm |
595 (88.7) |
0.5 |
20 (71.4) |
<0.1 |
615 (88.0)
|
0.3
|
| Motor vehicles (e.g., buses, motorcycles, or other transport vehicles) |
28 (4.2) |
<0.1 |
4 (14.3) |
— |
32 (4.6)
|
<0.1
|
| Personal weapons (e.g., hands, feet, or fists) |
10 (1.5) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
10 (1.4)
|
—
|
| Hanging, strangulation, or suffocation |
6 (<1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
6 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Fall |
5 (<1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
5 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Blunt instrument |
3 (<1.0) |
— |
1 (3.6) |
— |
4 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Drowning |
4 (<1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
4 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Poisoning |
1 (<1.0) |
— |
1 (3.6) |
— |
2 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Sharp instrument |
1 (<1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
1 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Other (e.g., Taser, electrocution, or nail gun) |
5 (<1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
5 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Unknown |
13 (1.9) |
— |
2 (7.1) |
— |
15 (2.1)
|
—
|
|
Location of injury
| ||||||
| House or apartment |
237 (35.3) |
0.2 |
11 (39.3) |
— |
248 (35.5)
|
0.1
|
| Street or highway |
171 (25.5) |
0.2 |
4 (14.3) |
— |
175 (25.0)
|
<0.1
|
| Motor vehicle |
69 (10.3) |
<0.1 |
5 (17.9) |
— |
74 (10.6)
|
<0.1
|
| Parking lot, public garage, or public transport |
50 (7.5) |
<0.1 |
0 (0.0) |
— |
50 (7.2)
|
<0.1
|
| Commercial or retail area |
42 (6.3) |
<0.1 |
2 (7.1) |
— |
44 (6.3)
|
<0.1
|
| Natural area |
17 (2.5) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
17 (2.4)
|
—
|
| Jail or prison |
9 (1.3) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
9 (1.3)
|
—
|
| Office building |
7 (1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
7 (1.0)
|
—
|
| Hotel or motel |
5 (<1.0) |
— |
1 (3.6) |
— |
6 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Park, playground, or sports or athletic area |
5 (<1.0) |
— |
0 (0.0) |
— |
5 (<1.0)
|
—
|
| Other location§§ |
34 (5.1) |
— |
1 (3.6) |
— |
35 (5.0)
|
—
|
| Unknown |
25 (3.7) |
— |
4 (14.3) |
— |
29 (4.1)
|
—
|
| Total | 671 (100) | 0.6 | 28 (100) | <0.1 | 699 (100) | 0.3 |
* Percentages might not total 100% due to rounding.
† Per 100,000 population.
§ The term “legal intervention” does not denote the lawfulness or legality of the circumstances surrounding the death.
¶ Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Illinois and Pennsylvania collected data on ≥80% of violent deaths in their state, in accordance with requirements under which these states were funded. Data for Illinois are for violent deaths that occurred in 47 counties (Adams, Alexander, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Champaign, Clay, Cook, DeKalb, Douglas, DuPage, Effingham, Fayette, Fulton, Grundy, Henry, Iroquois, Jackson, Jefferson, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, Lasalle, Livingston, Logan, McDonough, McHenry, McLean, Macoupin, Madison, Menard, Peoria, Perry, Piatt, Putnam, Rock Island, St. Clair, Sangamon, Schuyler, Stark, Tazewell, Vermilion, Wayne, Will, and Winn). Data for Pennsylvania are for violent deaths that occurred in 40 counties (Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Berks, Blair, Bradford, Bucks, Cameron, Cambria, Carbon, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Dauphin, Delaware, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Greene, Indiana, Jefferson, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Schuylkill, Somerset, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Union, Westmoreland, Wyoming, and York). Data for California are for violent deaths that occurred in 30 counties (Amador, Butte, Colusa, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Lake, Los Angeles, Marin, Modoc, Mono, Orange, Placer, Sacramento, San Benito, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Tehama, Trinity, Ventura, and Yolo). Denominators for the rates for these three states (Illinois, Pennsylvania, and California) represent only the populations of the counties from which the data were collected.
** Rates are not reported when number of decedents is <20 or when characteristic response is “other” or “unknown.”
†† Includes persons of any race.
§§ Other location includes (in descending order): industrial or construction area; hospital or medical facility; bar or nightclub; preschool, school, college, or school bus; synagogue, church, or temple; supervised residential facility; farm; railroad tracks; bridge; abandoned house, building, or warehouse; and other unspecified location.