@article{ref1,
title="Racial/ethnic disparities in the use of lethal force by U.S. police, 2010-2014",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2016",
author="Buehler, James W.",
volume="107",
number="2",
pages="295-297",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To update previous examinations of racial/ethnic disparities in the use of lethal force by US police. <br><br>METHODS: I examined online national vital statistics data for deaths assigned an underlying cause of &quot;legal intervention&quot; (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, external-cause-of-injury codes Y35.0-Y35.7, excluding Y35.5 [legal execution]) for the 5-year period 2010 to 2014. <br><br>RESULTS: Death certificates identified 2285 legal intervention deaths (1.5 per million population per year) from 2010 to 2014. Among males aged 10 years or older, who represented 96% of these deaths, the mortality rate among non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic individuals was 2.8 and 1.7 times higher, respectively, than that among White individuals. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Substantial racial/ethnic disparities in legal intervention deaths remain an ongoing problem in the United States. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print December 20, 2016: e1-e3. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2016.303575).<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2016.303575",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2016.303575"
}