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Table 3 Distribution of older adult homicide incident characteristics using the National Violent Death Reporting System Data from 2003 to 2017

From: Characteristics and patterns of older adult homicides in the United States

Incident Characteristics

Total

(N = 5961)

N (%)

Firearm Homicides (n = 2579)

n (%)

Non-firearm Homicides (n = 3382)

n (%)

Prevalence Difference (95% CI)

Homicide-suicide

675 (11.3)

595 (23.1)

80 (2.4)

20.7 (19.0, 22.4)

Multiple victim incident

551 (9.2)

338 (13.1)

213 (6.3)

6.8 (5.3, 8.3)

Legal intervention death of perpetrator

33 (0.6)

21 (0.8)

12 (0.4)

0.4 (0.06, 0.9)

Intimate partner violence

1003 (16.8)

687 (26.6)

316 (9.3)

17.3 (15.3, 19.3)

Precipitated by argument

1590 (26.7)

594 (23.0)

996 (29.5)

−6.5 (−8.7, −4.2)

Precipitated by another serious crime

1871 (31.4)

753 (29.2)

1118 (33.1)

−3.9 (−6.2, −1.5)

Mercy killing

79 (1.3)

70 (2.7)

9 (0.3)

2.4 (1.8, 3.1)

Drug involvement

240 (4.0)

100 (3.9)

140 (4.1)

−0.2 (−1.3, 0.7)

Led by Brawl

39 (0.7)

8 (0.3)

31 (0.9)

−0.6 (−1.0, − 0.2)

Gang-related

46 (0.8)

39 (1.5)

7 (0.2)

1.3 (0.8, 1.8)

Precipitated by Jealousy

50 (0.8)

32 (1.2)

18 (0.5)

0.7 (0.2, 1.2)

Justifiable self-defense

54 (0.9)

41 (1.6)

13 (0.4)

1.2 (0.7, 1.7)