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Hospitalizations due to unintentional transport injuries among Aboriginal population of British Columbia, Canada : Incidence, changes over time and ecological analysis of risk markers Brussoni, Mariana; George, M. Anne; Jin, Andrew; Amram, Ofer; McCormick, Rod; Lalonde, Christopher E.

Abstract

Background Worldwide, Indigenous people have disproportionately higher rates of transport injuries. We examined disparities in injury-related hospitalizations resulting from transport incidents for three population groups in British Columbia (BC): total population, Aboriginal off-reserve, and Aboriginal on-reserve populations. We also examined sociodemographic, geographic and ethnic risk markers for disparities. Methods We identified Aboriginal people through BC’s universal health care insurance plan insurance premium group and birth and death record notations. We calculated crude incidence rate and Standardized Relative Risk (SRR) of hospitalization for unintentional transport injury, standardized for age, gender and Health Service Delivery Area (HSDA), relative to the total population of BC. We tested hypothesized associations of geographic, socio-economic, and employment-related characteristics of Aboriginal communities with SRR of transport injury by multivariable linear regression.

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Title
Hospitalizations due to unintentional transport injuries among Aboriginal population of British Columbia, Canada : Incidence, changes over time and ecological analysis of risk markers
Creator
Brussoni, Mariana; George, M. Anne; Jin, Andrew; Amram, Ofer; McCormick, Rod; Lalonde, Christopher E.
Contributor
B.C. Injury Research and Prevention Unit; Children's Hospital (Vancouver, B.C.). Research Institute
Publisher
Public Library of Science
Date Issued
2018-01-26
Description
Background Worldwide, Indigenous people have disproportionately higher rates of transport injuries. We examined disparities in injury-related hospitalizations resulting from transport incidents for three population groups in British Columbia (BC): total population, Aboriginal off-reserve, and Aboriginal on-reserve populations. We also examined sociodemographic, geographic and ethnic risk markers for disparities. Methods We identified Aboriginal people through BC’s universal health care insurance plan insurance premium group and birth and death record notations. We calculated crude incidence rate and Standardized Relative Risk (SRR) of hospitalization for unintentional transport injury, standardized for age, gender and Health Service Delivery Area (HSDA), relative to the total population of BC. We tested hypothesized associations of geographic, socio-economic, and employment-related characteristics of Aboriginal communities with SRR of transport injury by multivariable linear regression.
Subject
Children and youth (0-19); Adults (20-64); Older adults/seniors (65+); Indigenous injury; Road injury; Injury risks
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2021-02-23
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0395943
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/77364
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Other UBC; Non UBC; Pediatrics, Department of; Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
Citation
Brussoni M, George MA, Jin A, Amram O, McCormick R, Lalonde CE (2018) Hospitalizations due to unintentional transport injuries among Aboriginal population of British Columbia, Canada: Incidence, changes over time and ecological analysis of risk markers. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0191384.
Publisher DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0191384
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Copyright Holder
Brussoni et al.
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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