TY - JOUR AU - Ivers R. AU - Jorm L. AU - Clapham K. AU - Moller H. AU - Falster K. AU - Falster M. AB -

OBJECTIVE: To describe the leading mechanisms of hospitalised unintentional injury in Australian Aboriginal children and identify the injury mechanisms with the largest inequalities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. METHODS: We used linked hospital and mortality data to construct a whole of population birth cohort including 1,124,717 children (1,088,645 non-Aboriginal and 35,749 Aboriginal) born in the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, between 1 July 2000 and 31 December 2012. Injury hospitalisation rates were calculated per person years at risk for injury mechanisms coded according to the ICD10-AM classification. RESULTS: The leading injury mechanisms in both groups of children were falls from playground equipment. For 66 of the 69 injury mechanisms studied, Aboriginal children had a higher rate of hospitalisation compared with non-Aboriginal children. The largest relative inequalities were observed for injuries due to exposure to fire and flame, and the largest absolute inequalities for injuries due to falls from playground equipment. CONCLUSION: Aboriginal children in NSW experience a significant higher burden of unintentional injury compared with their non-Aboriginal counterparts. Implications for Public Health: We suggest the implementation of targeted injury prevention measures aimed at injury mechanism and age groups identified in this study.

AD - Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Kensington Campus, New South Wales. holger@unsw.edu.au.
Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Kensington Campus, New South Wales.
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory.
The Sax Institute, New South Wales.
The George Institute for Global Health, New South Wales.
The Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, New South Wales. AN - 27774710 BT - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health CN - [IF]: 1.980 DP - NLM ET - 2016/10/25 J2 - Australian and New Zealand journal of public health LA - Eng LB - AUS
INJ
FY17 N1 - Moller, Holger
Falster, Kathleen
Ivers, Rebecca
Falster, Michael O
Clapham, Kathleen
Jorm, Louisa
Australia
Aust N Z J Public Health. 2016 Oct 23. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12591. N2 -

OBJECTIVE: To describe the leading mechanisms of hospitalised unintentional injury in Australian Aboriginal children and identify the injury mechanisms with the largest inequalities between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. METHODS: We used linked hospital and mortality data to construct a whole of population birth cohort including 1,124,717 children (1,088,645 non-Aboriginal and 35,749 Aboriginal) born in the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, between 1 July 2000 and 31 December 2012. Injury hospitalisation rates were calculated per person years at risk for injury mechanisms coded according to the ICD10-AM classification. RESULTS: The leading injury mechanisms in both groups of children were falls from playground equipment. For 66 of the 69 injury mechanisms studied, Aboriginal children had a higher rate of hospitalisation compared with non-Aboriginal children. The largest relative inequalities were observed for injuries due to exposure to fire and flame, and the largest absolute inequalities for injuries due to falls from playground equipment. CONCLUSION: Aboriginal children in NSW experience a significant higher burden of unintentional injury compared with their non-Aboriginal counterparts. Implications for Public Health: We suggest the implementation of targeted injury prevention measures aimed at injury mechanism and age groups identified in this study.

PY - 2016 SN - 1753-6405 (Electronic)
1326-0200 (Linking) ST - Aust. N. Z. J. Public HealthAust. N. Z. J. Public Health T2 - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health TI - Closing the Aboriginal child injury gap: targets for injury prevention Y2 - FY17 ER -