Dr. Laurie Graham Published in JAMA Network Open
Intimate partner violence (IPV) can be lethal, although the total contribution of IPV to fatal violence in the US remains unknown.1 Researchers often study intimate partner homicide (IPH) but may overlook other IPV-related deaths. Family, children, or new dating partners can be killed in corollary homicides. A perpetrator of IPV may be killed as a result of law enforcement response to IPV (ie, legal intervention) or may die by suicide after committing homicide (ie, homicide-suicide).
Using 2015-2019 data from the National Violent Death Reporting System, they found that 9.5% of 178,940 intentional violent deaths had intimate partner violence circumstances. These fatalities included homicides, homicide-suicides, and suicides unconnected to homicides.