Trends in Pregnancy-Associated Homicide, United States, 2020
American Journal of Public Health
; 112(9):1333-1336, 2022.
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| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-2022192
ABSTRACT
Objectives. To estimate the national pregnancy-associated homicide rate in 2020 and to characterize patterns of victimization. Methods. Using a retrospective analysis of the 2020 US national mortality file, I identified all homicides of women who were pregnant or within 1 year of the end of pregnancy. Descriptive statistics characterized these victims, and I calculated annual pregnancy-associated homicide rates (deaths per 100 000 live births) for comparisons with 2018 and 2019. I estimated the added risk conferred by pregnancy in 2020 by comparing the pregnancy-associated homicide rate to homicide in the nonpregnant, nonpostpartum population of females aged 10 to 44 years. Results. There were 5.23 pregnancy-associated homicides per 100 000 live births in 2020, a notable increase from previous years. Rates were highest among adolescents and non-Hispanic Black women. Eighty percent of incidents involved firearms. The risk of homicide was 35% greater for pregnant and postpartum women than for their nonpregnant, nonpostpartum counterparts, who did not experience as large an increase from previous years. Conclusions. Pregnancy-associated homicide substantially increased in 2020. Public Health Implications. Policies to address domestic and community violence against women are urgently needed. (AmJ Public Health. 2022;112(9)1333-1336. https//doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2022.306937)
Medical Sciences; Population; Womens health; Pregnancy; Public health; Domestic violence; Trends; Mortality; Small arms; Victimization; Births; Ethnicity; Statistical analysis; Homicide; Violence against women; Aggression; COVID-19; Firearms; Adolescents; Age; Black people; Pandemics; Rates; Coronaviruses; Murders & murder attempts; Statistics; Black women; United States--US
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American Journal of Public Health
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2022
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