Gestational exposure to fatal police violence and pregnancy loss in US core based statistical areas, 2013-2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fatal police violence in the United States disproportionately affects Black, Native American, and Hispanic people, and for these groups it is a racially oppressive population-level stressor that we hypothesize increases the risk of pregnancy loss. Focusing on core based statical areas (CBSAs) surrounding small and large urban centers, we accordingly tested whether gestational exposure to fatal police violence decreased the number of live births, which is reflective of a rise in lost pregnancies.

Methods

Our observational study linked microdata for all births (N = 7,709,300) in 520 CBSAs with at least one incident of fatal police violence in 2013-2015 to Fatal Encounters, a database that prospectively identified 2594 police-related fatalities using online me

SUBMITTER: Jahn JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8144663 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature