Neighbourhoods and Homicide Mortality: An Analysis of Race/Ethnic Differences

Citation

Krueger, Patrick M.; Bond Huie, Stephanie A.; Rogers, Richard G.; & Hummer, Robert A. (2004). Neighbourhoods and Homicide Mortality: An Analysis of Race/Ethnic Differences. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 58(3), 223-230. PMCID: PMC1732694

Abstract

Objective: To examine whether measures of neighbourhood economic deprivation, social disorganisation, and acculturation explain homicide mortality differentials between Mexican Americans, non-Hispanic black Americans, and non-Hispanic white Americans, net of individual factors.
Design: Prospective study, National Health Interview Survey (1986–1994) linked to subsequent mortality in the National Death Index (1986–1997).
Setting: United States of America.Participants: A nationally representative sample of non-institutionalised Mexican Americans, non-Hispanic black Amricans, and non-Hispanic white Americans, aged 18–50 at the point of interview.
Analysis: Cox proportional hazard models estimate the risk of death associated with various neighbourhood and individual factors.
Main results: Both individual and neighbourhood risk factors partially account for race/ethnic disparities in homicide. Homicide mortality risks are between 20% and 50% higher for residents of areas that have economic inequality of 0.50 or greater based on the coefficient of variation, or where 4% or more of the residents are Mexican American, 10% or more of the residents are non-Hispanic black, or 20% or more of the households are headed by single parents (p

URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech.2003.011874

Reference Type

Journal Article

Year Published

2004

Journal Title

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Author(s)

Krueger, Patrick M.
Bond Huie, Stephanie A.
Rogers, Richard G.
Hummer, Robert A.

PMCID

PMC1732694

ORCiD

Hummer - 0000-0003-3058-6383