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Table 2 Estimated disparity in police use of force and suspect injury for Black and Latinx Americans in Census tracts and police precincts relative to White Americans (relative risk)

From: Measuring disparities in police use of force and injury among persons with serious mental illness

 

Use of Force

Suspect Injury

Census Tract

Police Precinct

Census Tract

Police Precinct

Black

3.13

3.67

2.59

3.25

(2.86, 3.39)

(3.22, 4.14)

(2.32, 2.92)

(2.83, 3.74)

Latinx

0.96

1.23

0.87

1.16

(0.89, 1.04)

(1.08, 1.4)

(0.79, 0.97)

(1, 1.34)

2012

0.73

0.74

0.73

0.73

(0.63, 0.84)

(0.58, 0.93)

(0.59, 0.88)

(0.55, 1.04)

2013

1.17

1.16

1.26

1.26

(1.01, 1.35)

(0.9, 1.49)

(1.04, 1.51)

(0.95, 1.65)

2014

1.16

1.19

1.22

1.34

(1, 1.35)

(0.91, 1.52)

(1.01, 1.46)

(1.01, 1.77)

2015

1.03

1.00

1.15

1.08

(0.89, 1.19)

(0.77, 1.3)

(0.96, 1.38)

(0.83, 1.42)

2016

0.82

0.89

0.75

0.99

(0.69, 0.97)

(0.66, 1.2)

(0.6, 0.92)

(0.71, 1.36)

σβ

3.4

26.3

2.3

18.5

Φ

1.11

4.27

0.77

3.91

N

5978

268

5978

268

  1. Notes: Data from the National Justice Databse and several public police departments. Values in parentheses give 95% credible intervals