Police-related deaths are a public health problem; however, their effects on community-level reproductive health outcomes remain largely unexplored. Among US counties with populations >100,000 (N = 580), we examined the longitudinal association between police-related deaths and rates of low birthweight (LBW) (<2,500 grams) deliveries, with counties stratified by quartiles of poverty. In the two lowest poverty quartiles, two or more police-related deaths were associated with a 5% (incidence rate ratio [IRR]: 1.05, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.02, 1.09) and 10% (IRR 1.10, 95% CI: 1.05, 1.15) higher rate of LBW births, respectively. The effect was not significant in the two highest poverty quartiles. No counties are "immune" from the important effects of police-related deaths and therefore the public health importance of police violence is a ubiquitous one regardless of social class or position.

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与警察有关的死亡对社区的影响：美国各县低出生体重和贫困的关联。

与警察有关的死亡是一个公共卫生问题；然而，它们对社区一级生殖健康结果的影响在很大程度上仍未得到探索。在人口 > 100,000 (N = 580) 的美国县中，我们检查了与警察有关的死亡率与低出生体重 (LBW) (<2,500 克) 分娩率之间的纵向关联，县按贫困四分位数进行分层。在两个最低贫困四分位数中，两个或更多与警察有关的死亡与 5%（发生率比 [IRR]：1.05、95% 置信区间 [CI]：1.02、1.09）和 10%（IRR 1.10、95 % CI: 1.05, 1.15) 分别较高的 LBW 出生率。在两个最贫困的四分位数中，这种影响并不显着。没有一个县是“免疫的”