U.S. Violent Manner of Death Mortality by Race and Ethnicity: A Mortality Study

September 2023

Authors

Tatjana Miljkovic, Ph.D., MBA,
Associate Professor, Miami University

Ying-Ju Chen, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, University of Dayton

Description

Conventional wisdom in the United States is that mortality by violent causes of death is disproportionately experienced in underrepresented communities. This study aims to quantify this experience in more detail than is commonly reported. To achieve this, the authors examined disparities by race and ethnicity and other variables for three violent manner of deaths using data from 27 U.S. states between 2016 and 2020.

Report

U.S. Violent Manner of Death Mortality by Race and Ethnicity A Mortality Study

Acknowledgments

The researchers express their deepest gratitude to those whose efforts and guidance enable successful completion of this project: the Project Oversight Group and others for their diligent work overseeing, reviewing, and editing this report for accuracy and relevance.

Project Oversight Group members:
Mark Spong, FSA, CERA, MAAA, Chair
Dorothy Andrews, PhD, ASA, MAAA, CSPA
Kwabena Boamah-Acheampong, ASA, MAAA
Paul Boegel, ASA
Zara D’Antignac, ASA
Simone Davis, FSA, MAAA, CERA
Jean-Marc Fix, FSA, MAAA
Jevon Holder, ASA, MAAA
Ed Hui, FSA, MAAA, CFA
Jeffrey L. Johnson, FSA, MAAA
Uchechi Mitchell, Phd, MSPH
Ellyn M. Russo, MS
Tyler Yancey, ASA, CERA

At the Society of Actuaries:
Lisa A. Schilling, FSA, EA, FCA, MAAA, Senior Research Actuary

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