The decrease in the unintentional injury mortality disparity between American Indians/Alaska natives and Non-American Indians/Alaska natives in New Mexico, 1980 to 2009

• Main Authors: Hubbard, G., Pokhrel, P., Nielsen, L., Landen, M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Indian; Kendall; eskimo*; inuits; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10.2105/AJPH.2012.300673

Objectives: We tracked the unintentional injury death disparity between American Indians/Alaska Natives and non-American Indians/Alaska Natives in New Mexico, 1980 to 2009. Methods: We calculated age-adjusted rates and rate ratios for unintentional injury deaths and their external causes among American Indians/Alaska Natives and non-American Indians/Alaska Natives. We tested trend significance with the Mann-Kendall test. Results: The unintentional injury death rate ratio of American Indians/Alaska Natives to non-American Indians/Alaska Natives declined from 2.9 in 1980-1982 to 1.5 in 2007-2009. The rate among American Indians/Alaska Natives decreased 47.2% from 1980-1982 to 1995-1997. Among non-American Indians/Alaska Natives, the rate declined 25.3% from 1980-1982 to 1992-1994, then increased 31.9% from 1992-1994 to 2007-2009. The motor vehicle traffic and pedestrian death rates decreased 57.8% and 74.6%, respectively, among American Indians/Alaska Natives from 1980-1982 to 2007-2009. Conclusions: The unintentional injury death rate disparity decreased substantially from 1980-1982 to 2007-2009 largely because of the decrease in motor vehicle crash and pedestrian death rates among American Indians/Alaska Natives and the increase in the poisoning death rate among non-American Indians/Alaska Natives. adolescent; adult; aged; American Indian; article; cause of death; child; Eskimo; ethnology; female; human; infant; injury; male; middle aged; mortality; newborn; preschool child; statistics; United States; very elderly, Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alaska; Cause of Death; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Indians, North American; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Inuits; Male; Middle Aged; New Mexico; Wounds and Injuries