Homicide risk among immigrants in California, 1970 through 1992

S.B. Sorenson and H. Shen

American Journal of Public Health, 1996, vol. 86, issue 1, 97-100

Abstract: According to the death certificates of the 65 510 California residents who died of homicide from 1970 through 1992, foreign-born persons are overrepresented in the homicides of California residents. Analysis of homicide data for 15- to 34-year-olds (n = 38 774), who account for a majority of all victims, indicated that immigrant-to-nonimmigrant risk patterns differed by ethnicity and across time. During the 23-year study period, foreign-born White. Hispanics, and Asians and other were at significantly higher risk and foreign-born Blacks were at a statistically similar risk of homicide compared with their US-born counterparts (risk ratio = 2,12, 1.24, 1.72, and 0.60, respectively).

Date: 1996
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