Inequities in Intimate Partner Homicide: Social Determinants of Health Mediate Racial/Ethnic Disparities.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Intimate partner violence accounts for up to one half of all homicides of women in the U.S. Rates of intimate partner homicide are associated with both race/ethnicity and social determinants of health, but their relative contribution is incompletely understood.

Methods

The authors used negative binomial regression to model the relationship between counties' racial/ethnic composition and their rates of intimate partner homicide of women, controlling for urbanicity, median income, gender pay gap, unemployment, school funding, and violent crime rate. Data from 49 states and the District of Columbia between 2016 and 2021 were used. Analyses were conducted in 2024.

Results

In unadjusted analysis, counties with a lower proportion of White residents experienced

SUBMITTER: Rowh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11931573 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature