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

G. Hubbard, P. Pokhrel, L. Nielsen and M. Landen

American Journal of Public Health, 2013, vol. 103, issue 4, 747-754

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: 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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300673

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