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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2017

Risk of Hospitalization Due to Unintentional Fall Injury in British Columbia, Canada, 1999-2008: Ecological Associations with Socioeconomic Status, Geographic Place, and Aboriginal Ethnicity.

Andrew Jin, Mariana Brussoni, M Anne George, Christopher E Lalonde, Rod McCormick

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Andrew Jin, 2762-133 Street, Surrey, BC, V4P 1X9, Canada. jin2007a@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-8708-2381
Mariana BrussoniDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
M Anne GeorgeDepartment of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Christopher E LalondeDepartment of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Rod McCormickFaculty of Human, Social and Educational Development, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada.

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backgroundAboriginal people in British Columbia (BC), especially those residing on Indian reserves, have higher risk of unintentional fall injury than the general population. We test the hypothesis that the disparities are attributable to a combination of socioeconomic status, geographic place, and Aboriginal ethnicity.

methodsWithin each of 16 Health Service Delivery Areas in BC, we identified three population groups: total population, Aboriginal off-reserve, and Aboriginal on-reserve. We calculated age and gender-standardized relative risks (SRR) of hospitalization due to unintentional fall injury (relative to the total population of BC), during time periods 1999-2003 and 2004-2008, and we obtained custom data from the 2001 and 2006 censuses (long form), describing income, education, employment, housing, proportions of urban and rural dwellers, and prevalence of Aboriginal ethnicity. We studied association of census characteristics with SRR of fall injury, by multivariable linear regression.

resultsThe best-fitting model was an excellent fit (R

conclusionsThe disparities are predictable by the hypothesized risk markers. Aboriginal ethnicity is not an independent risk marker: it modifies the effects of socioeconomic factors. Closing the gap in fall injury risk between the general and Aboriginal populations is likely achievable by closing the gaps in socioeconomic conditions.

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Health Status DisparitiesAccidental FallsAdultBritish ColumbiaEcologyFemaleHospitalizationHumansIndians, North AmericanMaleResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsSocial ClassWounds and InjuriesAccidental falls (MeSH)Epidemiology (MeSH)“First nations”“Indians, North American” (MeSH)Indigenous population (MeSH)Wounds and injuries (MeSH)

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