Differentiating Black and Hispanic: outcome differences of segregated communities and police shootings in the USA, 2015–2020

Table 2 Characteristics of fatal police shootings and annual incidence for selected population groups from 2015 to 2020

Characteristics	n	%	US Census Population Estimates*	per 100,000 population
All, 2015–2020	5949	100.0	325,561,090	0.305
Year
2015	993	16.7	320,635,163	0.310
2016	960	16.1	322,941,311	0.297
2017	986	16.6	324,985,539	0.303
2018	990	16.6	326,687,501	0.303
2019	999	16.8	328,239,523	0.304
2020	1021	17.2	329,877,505	0.310
Region
New England	112	1.9	14,790,786	0.126
Middle Atlantic	299	5.0	41,242,349	0.121
South Atlantic	1138	19.1	64,531,706	0.294
East South Central	441	7.4	19,019,070	0.386
West South Central	909	15.3	39,857,459	0.380
East North Central	585	9.8	46,847,718	0.208
West North Central	361	6.1	21,260,389	0.283
Mountain	883	14.8	24,171,762	0.609
Pacific	1221	20.5	52,976,569	0.384
Age
6–19	299	5.0	62,137,807	0.080
20–34	2486	41.8	67,216,130	0.616
35–49	1878	31.6	61,642,990	0.508
50–91	1038	17.4	113,886,790	0.152
Unknown	248	4.2
Gender
Male	5688	95.6	159,893,431	0.593
Female	260	4.4	164,804,376	0.026
Unknown	1	0.0
Race and ethnicity
White	2774	46.6	197,655,170	0.234
Black	1444	24.3	40,534,100	0.594
Asian	103	1.7	18,109,812	0.095
Native American	84	1.4	2,403,978	0.582
Hispanic	1018	17.1	58,498,253	0.290
Other	47	0.8	7,496,494	0.104
Unknown	479	8.1
Manner of death
Shot	5649	95.0
Shot and Tasered	300	5.0
Threat
Attack	3866	65.0
Other	1891	31.8
Undetermined	192	3.2
Signs of mental illness
No	4555	76.6
Yes	1394	23.4

*Estimates for all and by year represent 2015–2020; estimates for region, age, gender, race, and ethnicity are averages of 2015–2019 estimates based on currently available data

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