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Available studies consistently show transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) people face much higher rates of sexual violence than cisgender people, with lifetime sexual-assault prevalences around 40–50% ...
Federal reporting and recent research show persistent racial disparities in U.S. homicide victimization and offending: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) data finds the Black homicide victimization ra...
Data from recent reporting and research show clear racial disparities in U.S. homicide victimization and offending: in 2023 FBI counts reported higher absolute numbers of white offenders than Black of...
Available sources do not provide a single, definitive table of U.S. 2024 homicide rates per 100,000 by race and ethnicity; federal and academic releases treat different years and use different methods...
The evidence shows in U.S. homicide (murder) rates: Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations bear the highest burdens, especially young males, while Asian/Pacific Islander populatio...
The claim that “Blacks kill 600 white women every year” is and cannot be confirmed. The sources reviewed—news analyses, federal reports, and academic summaries—do not produce or corroborate a specific...
Official analyses across national and regional studies show that intimate partners are responsible for a substantial share of female homicides in the United States, but emerges from the provided mater...
Homicide rates per 100,000 in the U.S. have shown persistent and large racial disparities over roughly the last 20–30 years: Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations—especially youn...
The claim "1 in 100 Black men murder" is not supported by the sources provided; available reporting shows homicide victimization and offender rates for Black men are substantially higher than for othe...
Early laboratory signals, celebrity endorsements, political and social-media amplification, and circulating misinformation led many people to believe ivermectin could treat COVID‑19, even though major...
U.S. male life expectancy at birth is reported between about 73.5 and 76.1 years depending on the source and year used; the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics (CDC) shows 75.8 years for males ...
When homicide rates are adjusted for population, Black and American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) males — especially those aged roughly 15–44 — show the highest per‑capita homicide rates in national dat...
Yes: multiple recent data sources show Black Americans — particularly Black males aged 15–44 — experience much higher homicide victimization rates and are overrepresented among homicide offenders rela...
Recent sources show large, persistent racial gaps in U.S. homicide victimization: multiple compilations and analyses report Black Americans experiencing homicide victimization rates many times higher ...
Multiple independent analyses and recent studies indicate , with social and place-based factors amplifying risk. Data points from news reports about individual incidents and peer-reviewed research con...
Republicans are substantially more likely than Democrats to report owning firearms: multiple national polls show roughly twice the ownership rate among Republicans as among Democrats (e.g., 45–48% vs....
The Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) model that sets SNAP maximum benefits assumes recipients can buy, prepare and cook most meals from scratch—an assumption researchers say requires substantial unpaid time th...
Available sources show large, persistent per‑capita disparities in homicide victimization: recent CDC‑based reporting places the Black homicide victimization rate around 26.6 per 100,000 versus roughl...
States with , but the literature does not directly or uniformly link those findings to reductions in partisan political violence specifically. Major multi-state, longitudinal analyses from 2024–2025 r...
The available analyses indicate that the , depending on the study or dataset referenced. A 2011–2018 JAMA Network Open analysis gives an average age of , while a recent 2025 report cites an average of...