Differences in the risk of homicide and other fatal injuries between postpartum women and other women of childbearing age: Implications for prevention

P.M. Dietz, R.W. Rochat, B.L. Thompson, C.J. Berg and G.W. Griffin

American Journal of Public Health, 1998, vol. 88, issue 4, 641-643

Abstract: Objectives. This study compared injury deaths between postpartum women and other women aged 15 to 44. Methods. Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed for injury fatality rates. Results. Fifty percent (29/58) of postpartum injury deaths were homicides, compared with 26% (427/1648) of injury deaths among nonpregnant, nonpostpartum women. For females aged 15 to 19, the homicide rate was 2.6 times higher (95% CI = 1.17, 5.95) for postpartum females than for other females. The motor-vehicle fatality rate was lower for postpartum females than for nonpregnant, nonpostpartum females (risk ratio=0.30, CI=0.18, 0.48). Conclusions. Postpartum females aged 15 to 19 years were at higher risk of homicide. Postpartum women were at reduced risk of motor-vehicle fatalities.

Date: 1998
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