title: Homicide risk among immigrants in California, 1970 through 1992.
abstract: According to the death certificates of the 65,510. California residents who died of homicide from 1970 through 1992, foreign-born persons are overrepresented in the homicides of California residents. Analysis of homicide data for 15- to 34-year-olds (n = 38,774), who account for a majority of all homicide victims indicated that immigrant-to-nonimmigrant risk patterns differed by ethnicity and across time. During the 23-year study period, foreign-born Whites, Hispanics, and Asians and others were at significantly higher risk and foreign-born Blacks were at a statistically similar risk of homicide compared with their US-born counterparts (risk ratio = 2.12, 1.24, 1.72, and 0.60, respectively).
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles 90095-1772, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Sorenson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D003644:Death Certificates; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012307:Risk Factors