rate of police shootings of Black Americans is much higher than any other ethnicity, at 37 per million people. This rate stands at 28 per million for Hispanics and 15 per million for Whites.
In 2022, 313 Black people were killed by the police in the United States only in that year. This compares to 216 Hispanics, 17 Native Americans, and 502 White people. The Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2022, by ethnicity
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Statistics on Racial and ethnic health disparities in the U.S.
Diseases and health risks
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- Premium Statistic Percentage of current asthma in the United States 2001-2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Prevalence of cardiovascular disease in U.S. adults 2015-2018 ethnicity and gender
- Basic Statistic New cases of tuberculosis in the U.S. 2021, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the U.S. 2005-2020, by race/ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Diabetes prevalence in the U.S. 2015-2018, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Past-month alcohol use among U.S. persons aged 12 or older by race/ethnicity 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. smoking prevalence among adults by ethnicity 2020
- Premium Statistic Adult obesity rates in the U.S. by race/ethnicity 2021
Cancer
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- Basic Statistic Cancer: incidence rate in the U.S. by ethnic group and gender 2015-2019
- Premium Statistic Rate of skin cancer cases in the U.S. in 2019, by race/ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Rate of prostate cancer among U.S. males 2015-2019, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Incidence rates of colorectal cancer among U.S. residents 2015-2019, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Cancer: 5-year survival rates in the U.S. by ethnic group 1975-2018
- Basic Statistic U.S. mortality rates from cancer by ethnic group and gender 2016-2020
- Premium Statistic Mortality rate of uterine cervix cancer in the U.S. 2016-2020, by ethnicity
Sexual health
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- Basic Statistic Rates of HIV diagnoses among U.S. men in 2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Distribution of HIV diagnoses among U.S. women in 2020, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Rate of gonorrhea cases in the United States by ethnicity and gender, 2020
- Basic Statistic Cases of syphilis in the United States by by ethnicity and gender, 2020
- Basic Statistic Chlamydia rates in the United States 2020, by ethnicity and gender
- Basic Statistic U.S. high school students who used condoms by gender and ethnicity 2019
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. women who needed contraceptive services, 2017-2019, by ethnicity
Mental health
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- Basic Statistic Number of poor mental health days a month among U.S. females in 2019, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. adults with anxiety symptoms in 2019, by ethnicity and severity
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. mental health screenings with anxiety 2019-2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Distribution of suicides in the U.S. in 2019, by ethnicity and gender
Treatment
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- Premium Statistic U.S. population without health care visits 2000-2018, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic U.S. males who reported having no personal doctor 2019 by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Share of U.S. children who visited the dentist in the past year by race 2019
- Premium Statistic Persons with a dental visit in the past year 2019, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Uninsured U.S. children percentage and rate by ethnicity 2020
- Premium Statistic Percentage of U.S. population without health insurance coverage by ethnicity 2018
- Premium Statistic Uninsured non-elderly people in the U.S. by ethnicity 2021
- Basic Statistic Share of people in the U.S. who received treatment for alcohol use 2021, by ethnicity
Death
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- Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among the white population in the United States in 2019
- Basic Statistic Leading causes of death among black U.S. residents in 2018
- Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among American Indians or Alaska Natives 2019
- Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among Asians in the U.S. 2019
- Premium Statistic Leading causes of death among Hispanics in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Death rate by ethnic group and sex in the U.S. 2019
- Basic Statistic Maternal mortality rates in the U.S. from 2018 to 2020, by ethnicity
- Basic Statistic Alcohol, drug, and suicide death rates in the U.S. in 2020, by ethnicity
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- Number of people killed by police by cause of death U.S. 2013-2021
- Rate of people killed by police by state U.S. 2013-2020
- Rate of police killings in selected countries 2019
- Percent change of police killings due to use of force policies, by policy U.S. 2019
- Implementation rate of violence reduction measures by police departments U.S. 2016
- Adults who think people receive equal police treatment, by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2017-2022, by race
- Complaint rate by type of violence and location in France 2007-2016
- Complaint rate for violence at the workplace or at school in France 2007-2016
- Poll: authorities' actions in unauthorized protests in Russia 2019
- U.S. sheriffs' offices: distribution of personnel by office size and ethnicity 2016
- Frequency of watching patostreaming content among Polish teenagers 2019
- Number of firearm offences in London 2015-2022
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- Rate of people killed by police by state U.S. 2013-2020
- Rate of police killings in selected countries 2019
- Percent change of police killings due to use of force policies, by policy U.S. 2019
- Implementation rate of violence reduction measures by police departments U.S. 2016
- Adults who think people receive equal police treatment, by ethnicity U.S. 2020
- People shot to death by U.S. police 2017-2022, by race
- Complaint rate by type of violence and location in France 2007-2016
- Complaint rate for violence at the workplace or at school in France 2007-2016
- Poll: authorities' actions in unauthorized protests in Russia 2019
- U.S. sheriffs' offices: distribution of personnel by office size and ethnicity 2016
- Frequency of watching patostreaming content among Polish teenagers 2019
- Number of firearm offences in London 2015-2022
Mapping Police Violence. (December 30, 2022). Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2022, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence. "Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2022, by ethnicity." Chart. December 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence. (2022). Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2022, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence. "Number of People Killed by Police in The United States from 2013 to 2022, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/
Mapping Police Violence, Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2022, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/ (last visited February 06, 2023)
Number of people killed by police in the United States from 2013 to 2022, by ethnicity [Graph], Mapping Police Violence, December 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1124036/number-people-killed-police-ethnicity-us/