PEDIATRICS Vol. 84 No. 1 July 1989, pp. 152-156
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Injuries to Children in a Native American Community

Lawrence R. Berger MD, MPH and Judith Kitzes MD, MPH

The Lovelace Medical Foundation, and the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service, Albuquerque, New Mexico The rate of hospitalization of children with injuries in one service unit was three times that of the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service as a whole. To determine the reasons, mortality and hospitalization data were analyzed and an indepth review of medical records was performed. Among the possible explanations for the high injury rate that were excluded were an artifact of reporting, uncertain denominator data, lack of age-adjustment, lower socioeconomic status of the community, differential thresholds for hospitalization, and an increase in a few specific types of injury. Alternative hypotheses involve life-style issues and psychosocial stress. These hypotheses are supported by data concerning alcohol abuse and foster care and have profound implications for injury control efforts in this community.

Key Words: injury • Native American • epidemiology

Submitted on July 23, 1987
Accepted on June 1, 1988




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