
Trends in Mortality Due to Legal Intervention in the United States, 1979 Through 1997
Author(s) -
Andrew G. Sikora,
Michael Mulvihill
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.92.5.841
Subject(s) - demography , medicine , intervention (counseling) , mortality rate , cause of death , race (biology) , population , homicide , gerontology , disease , injury prevention , poison control , environmental health , surgery , pathology , botany , psychiatry , sociology , biology
This report identifies trends in the number and rate of deaths due to law enforcement actions (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, category "legal intervention") in the United States.