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Injury risk in British Columbia, Canada, 1986 to 2009 : are Aboriginal children and youth over-represented? George, M. Anne; Jin, Andrew; Brussoni, Mariana; Lalonde, Christopher E.; McCormick, Rod

Abstract

Background: Our aim is to contribute data on disparities of injury rates for Aboriginal children and youth compared with those of the general population in British Columbia (BC), Canada, by examining risks for the two populations, utilizing provincial administrative data over a 24-year period. Results: Risk in overall injury dropped by 69% for the Aboriginal population and by 66% for the total BC population, yet in every year, the Aboriginal population had a higher risk than the total BC population. There were over 70% declines in risks among females of intentionally inflicted injury by another, among both the Aboriginal and total BC populations. Risk of injury caused by transport vehicles has decreased by an overwhelming 83% and 72% for the Aboriginal male population and for the total BC male population, respectively. Conclusions: Disparities in rates between the Aboriginal population and total BC population remain because of similarity in the proportional reductions among the two populations. Since the Aboriginal population started at a much higher risk, in absolute terms, the gap between the two populations is shrinking.

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Title
Injury risk in British Columbia, Canada, 1986 to 2009 : are Aboriginal children and youth over-represented?
Creator
George, M. Anne; Jin, Andrew; Brussoni, Mariana; Lalonde, Christopher E.; McCormick, Rod
Contributor
B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit; Child and Family Research Institute
Publisher
Injury Epidemiology
Date Issued
2015-05-21
Description
Background: Our aim is to contribute data on disparities of injury rates for Aboriginal children and youth compared with those of the general population in British Columbia (BC), Canada, by examining risks for the two populations, utilizing provincial administrative data over a 24-year period. Results: Risk in overall injury dropped by 69% for the Aboriginal population and by 66% for the total BC population, yet in every year, the Aboriginal population had a higher risk than the total BC population. There were over 70% declines in risks among females of intentionally inflicted injury by another, among both the Aboriginal and total BC populations. Risk of injury caused by transport vehicles has decreased by an overwhelming 83% and 72% for the Aboriginal male population and for the total BC male population, respectively. Conclusions: Disparities in rates between the Aboriginal population and total BC population remain because of similarity in the proportional reductions among the two populations. Since the Aboriginal population started at a much higher risk, in absolute terms, the gap between the two populations is shrinking.
Subject
Wounds and injuries (MeSH); Indian; North American (MeSH); Indigenous population (MeSH); Aboriginal; First Nations; Epidemiology (MeSH); Children (MeSH); Adolescent (MeSH); Children and youth (0-19); Injury inequities; Indigenous injury; Violence and abuse-related injury; Road injury; Injury risks
Geographic Location
British Columbia (MeSH); Canada (MeSH)
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-02-22
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0395933
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/77358
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC; Pediatrics, Department of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Citation
George, M.A., Jin, A., Brussoni, M. et al. Injury risk in British Columbia, Canada, 1986 to 2009: are Aboriginal children and youth over-represented?. Inj. Epidemiol. 2, 7 (2015).
Publisher DOI
10.1186/s40621-015-0039-2
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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