PMID- 23061259
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20121113
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 0840-6529 (Print)
IS  - 0840-6529 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Sep
TI  - Unintentional injury hospitalizations among children and youth in areas with a 
      high percentage of Aboriginal identity residents: 2001/2002 to 2005/2006.
PG  - 7-15
AB  - BACKGROUND: Because administrative data typically do not contain Aboriginal 
      identifiers, national unintentional injury hospitalization rates among Aboriginal 
      children have not been reported. This study examines rates of unintentional 
      injury hospitalization for children in areas with a high-percentage Aboriginal 
      identity population. DATA AND METHODS: Data are from the Hospital Morbidity 
      Database (2001/2002 to 2005/2006). Rates of unintentional injury hospitalization 
      were calculated for 0- to 19-year-olds in census Dissemination Areas (DAs) where 
      at least 33% of residents reported an Aboriginal identity. DAs were classified as 
      high-percentage First Nations, Metis or Inuit identity based on the predominant 
      group. RESULTS: Unintentional injury hospitalization rates of children and youth 
      in high-percentage Aboriginal identity areas were at least double the rate for 
      their contemporaries in low-percentage Aboriginal identity areas. Falls and land 
      transportation were the most common causes of unintentional injury 
      hospitalization, regardless of Aboriginal identity status, but disparities 
      between rates for high- and low-percentage Aboriginal identity areas were often 
      greatest for less frequent causes, such as fire, natural/environmental, and 
      drowning/ suffocation. INTERPRETATION: The geographic areas where children live 
      were associated with hospitalization rates for injury.
FAU - Oliver, Lisa N
AU  - Oliver LN
AD  - Research Data Centre at Simon Fraser University. lisa.oliver@statcan.gc.ca
FAU - Kohen, Dafna E
AU  - Kohen DE
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Canada
TA  - Health Rep
JT  - Health reports
JID - 9012854
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Canada/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Hospitalization/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Indians, North American/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Infant
MH  - Infant, Newborn
MH  - Inuit/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Male
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - Wounds and Injuries/classification/*ethnology/etiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2012/10/16 06:00
MHDA- 2012/11/14 06:00
CRDT- 2012/10/16 06:00
PHST- 2012/10/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/10/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/11/14 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Health Rep. 2012 Sep;23(3):7-15.