Trends in unintentional injury mortality in Canadian children
Subtitle: influence of socioeconomic status.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 86
Description: Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death and disability among children and youth in Canada. Unintentional injury mortality rates have been shown to vary by socioeconomic status. The objective of this thesis was to determine the influence of socioeconomic status on temporal trends in unintentional injury mortality rates in Canadian children. Results show that over time, children 0 to 14 years of age living in low socioeconomic status areas were at increased risk of unintentional injury mortality, compared to children living in high socioeconomic status areas (RR = 1.12; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.18). The socioeconomic status gradient in unintentional injury mortality rates did not significantly widen over time. There was a significant narrowing of the socioeconomic status gradient for deaths due to fires and deaths due to drownings (p &lt; 0.01) over time.
Notes: Adviser:  Colin Macarthur.

Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-03, page: 0834.

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