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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Years of life lost due to encounters with law enforcement in the USA, 2015–2016
Contributor:
Bui, Anthony L;
Coates, Matthew M;
Matthay, Ellicott C
Published:
BMJ, 2018
Published in:
Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 72 (2018) 8, Seite 715-718
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1136/jech-2017-210059
ISSN:
0143-005X;
1470-2738
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
BackgroundTo inform discussions on rates, burden and priority-setting in relation to police violence, we quantified the number and rate of years of life lost (YLLs) due to police violence by race/ethnicity and age in the USA, 2015–2016.MethodsWe used data on the number of deaths due to police violence from ‘The Counted’, a media-based source compiled byThe Guardian. YLLs are the difference between an individual’s age at death and their corresponding standard life expectancy at age of death.ResultsThere were 57 375 and 54 754 YLLs due to police violence in 2015 and 2016, respectively. People of colour comprised 38.5% of the population, but 51.5% of YLLs. YLLs were greatest among those aged 25–34 years, and the number of YLLs at younger ages was greater among people of colour than whites.ConclusionsThe number of YLLs due to police violence is substantial. YLLs highlight that police violence disproportionately impacts young people, and the young people affected are disproportionately people of colour. Framing police violence as an important cause of deaths among young adults provides another valuable lens to motivate prevention efforts.