TY - JOUR
T1 - Intimate Partner Violence–Related Fatalities Among U.S. Youth Aged 0–24 Years, 2014–2018
AU - Graham, Laurie M.
AU - Kafka, Julie M.
AU - AbiNader, Millan A.
AU - Lawler, Siobhan M.
AU - Gover-Chamlou, Ametisse N.
AU - Messing, Jill T.
AU - Moracco, Kathryn E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge Dr. Rod Rose for providing consultation on statistical analytic methods for multivariate models. The National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) is administered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by participating NVDRS states. The analyses, findings, and conclusions of this study are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily represent the official position of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or participating NVDRS states. LMG's time and effort for this paper was supported by an NVDRS New Investigator Award from the American Public Health Association. No financial disclosures were reported by the authors of this paper. Laurie M. Graham: Conceptualization; Data curation; Formal analysis; Funding acquisition; Investigation; Methodology; Project administration; Software; Validation; Visualization; Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Julia M. Kafka: Conceptualization; Formal analysis; Investigation; Methodology; Software; Validation; Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Millan A. AbiNader: Conceptualization; Investigation; Validation; Visualization; Writing - original draft; Writing - review & editing. Siobhan M. Lawler: Investigation; Validation; Writing - review & editing. Ametisse N. Govern-Chamlou: Investigation; Validation. Jill T. Messing: Conceptualization; Methodology; Supervision; Writing - review & editing. Kathryn E. Moracco: Conceptualization; Methodology; Supervision; Writing - review & editing.
Funding Information:
LMG's time and effort for this paper was supported by an NVDRS New Investigator Award from the American Public Health Association.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 American Journal of Preventive Medicine
PY - 2022/4
Y1 - 2022/4
N2 - Introduction: Little is known about intimate partner violence-related fatalities among young people. This study comprehensively identifies and describes intimate partner violence-related homicides, homicide–suicides, legal intervention deaths, and suicides among young people. Methods: Data from the 2014–2018 National Violent Death Reporting System were analyzed for all decedents aged 0–24 years in 38 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico with known circumstances of death (n=29,702). Intimate partner violence-related deaths were identified using National Violent Death Reporting System variables across all manners of death and supplementary narrative review for suicides. This article reports the proportion of intimate partner violence versus non–intimate partner violence-related deaths by manner of death, descriptive statistics, and rate of intimate partner violence-related death per 100,000 person years. To examine disparities in intimate partner violence-related deaths, generalized estimating equations were used with robust standard errors to account for clustering of deaths within states and fixed effects for years. Statistical analyses were conducted May and August 2021. Results: A total of 1,927 intimate partner violence-related deaths were identified, which represents 6.5% of violent deaths with known circumstances, at a rate of 0.35 per 100,000 person years. Supplementary narrative review identified 44.7% of all intimate partner violence-related deaths. There were significant differences by race/ethnicity and whether a firearm inflicted the fatal injury for male and female decedents by manner of death. Conclusions: If the National Violent Death Reporting System does not assess whether intimate partner violence was a precipitating factor across all death manners, the true magnitude of intimate partner violence's contribution to violent death will be underestimated. Future research that identifies factors associated with all manners of intimate partner violence-related deaths among young people will help inform intervention and prevention strategies to save young lives.
AB - Introduction: Little is known about intimate partner violence-related fatalities among young people. This study comprehensively identifies and describes intimate partner violence-related homicides, homicide–suicides, legal intervention deaths, and suicides among young people. Methods: Data from the 2014–2018 National Violent Death Reporting System were analyzed for all decedents aged 0–24 years in 38 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico with known circumstances of death (n=29,702). Intimate partner violence-related deaths were identified using National Violent Death Reporting System variables across all manners of death and supplementary narrative review for suicides. This article reports the proportion of intimate partner violence versus non–intimate partner violence-related deaths by manner of death, descriptive statistics, and rate of intimate partner violence-related death per 100,000 person years. To examine disparities in intimate partner violence-related deaths, generalized estimating equations were used with robust standard errors to account for clustering of deaths within states and fixed effects for years. Statistical analyses were conducted May and August 2021. Results: A total of 1,927 intimate partner violence-related deaths were identified, which represents 6.5% of violent deaths with known circumstances, at a rate of 0.35 per 100,000 person years. Supplementary narrative review identified 44.7% of all intimate partner violence-related deaths. There were significant differences by race/ethnicity and whether a firearm inflicted the fatal injury for male and female decedents by manner of death. Conclusions: If the National Violent Death Reporting System does not assess whether intimate partner violence was a precipitating factor across all death manners, the true magnitude of intimate partner violence's contribution to violent death will be underestimated. Future research that identifies factors associated with all manners of intimate partner violence-related deaths among young people will help inform intervention and prevention strategies to save young lives.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.09.018
DO - 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.09.018
M3 - Article
C2 - 34876319
AN - SCOPUS:85120831786
SN - 0749-3797
VL - 62
SP - 529
EP - 537
JO - American journal of preventive medicine
JF - American journal of preventive medicine
IS - 4
ER -