Disproportionately higher unintentional injury mortality among Alaska Native people, 2006–2015
We compared rates of unintentional injury (UI) deaths (total and by injury category) among Alaska Native (AN) people to rates of U.S. White (USW) and Alaska White (AKW) populations during 2006–2015. The mortality data for AN and AKW populations were obtained from Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics an...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:06af639a44594ddfb678defc436c6b4e 2023-05-15T15:07:32+02:00 Disproportionately higher unintentional injury mortality among Alaska Native people, 2006–2015 Gretchen Day Peter Holck Hillary Strayer Kathryn Koller Timothy Thomas 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1422671 https://doaj.org/article/06af639a44594ddfb678defc436c6b4e EN eng Taylor & Francis Group http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1422671 https://doaj.org/toc/2242-3982 2242-3982 doi:10.1080/22423982.2017.1422671 https://doaj.org/article/06af639a44594ddfb678defc436c6b4e International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 77, Iss 1 (2018) Alaska Native Unintentional Injury Mortality Poisoning Urban-Rural Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2017.1422671 2022-12-31T01:16:11Z We compared rates of unintentional injury (UI) deaths (total and by injury category) among Alaska Native (AN) people to rates of U.S. White (USW) and Alaska White (AKW) populations during 2006–2015. The mortality data for AN and AKW populations were obtained from Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics and USW mortality data were obtained from WISQARS, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention online injury data program. AN and AKW rates were age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 Standard Population and rate ratios (RR) were calculated. AN people had higher age-adjusted total UI mortality than the USW (RR = 2.6) and AKW (RR = 2.3) populations. Poisoning was the leading cause of UI death among AN people (35.9 per 100,000), more than twice that of USW (RR = 2.9) and AKW (RR = 2.5). Even greater disparities were found between AN people and USW for: natural environment (RR = 20.7), transport-other land (RR = 12.4), and drowning/submersion (RR = 9.1). Rates of AN UI were markedly higher than rates for either USW or AKW. Identifying all the ways in which alcohol/drugs contribute to UI deaths would aid in prevention efforts. All transportation deaths should be integrated into one fatality rate to provide more consistent comparisons between groups. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Circumpolar Health International Journal of Circumpolar Health Alaska Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic International Journal of Circumpolar Health 77 1 1422671 |
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We compared rates of unintentional injury (UI) deaths (total and by injury category) among Alaska Native (AN) people to rates of U.S. White (USW) and Alaska White (AKW) populations during 2006–2015. The mortality data for AN and AKW populations were obtained from Alaska Bureau of Vital Statistics and USW mortality data were obtained from WISQARS, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention online injury data program. AN and AKW rates were age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 Standard Population and rate ratios (RR) were calculated. AN people had higher age-adjusted total UI mortality than the USW (RR = 2.6) and AKW (RR = 2.3) populations. Poisoning was the leading cause of UI death among AN people (35.9 per 100,000), more than twice that of USW (RR = 2.9) and AKW (RR = 2.5). Even greater disparities were found between AN people and USW for: natural environment (RR = 20.7), transport-other land (RR = 12.4), and drowning/submersion (RR = 9.1). Rates of AN UI were markedly higher than rates for either USW or AKW. Identifying all the ways in which alcohol/drugs contribute to UI deaths would aid in prevention efforts. All transportation deaths should be integrated into one fatality rate to provide more consistent comparisons between groups. |
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Disproportionately higher unintentional injury mortality among Alaska Native people, 2006–2015 |
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Disproportionately higher unintentional injury mortality among Alaska Native people, 2006–2015 |
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Disproportionately higher unintentional injury mortality among Alaska Native people, 2006–2015 |
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Disproportionately higher unintentional injury mortality among Alaska Native people, 2006–2015 |
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Disproportionately higher unintentional injury mortality among Alaska Native people, 2006–2015 |
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