title: Trends in the disproportionate burden of work-related traumatic injuries sustained by Latinos.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Disproportionate occupational injury rates for Latinos are well documented, but there is limited information about whether disparity is increasing over time. This study describes trends in the burden of work-related traumatic injuries sustained by Latinos in Washington State.
  
  
  METHODS
  Washington State Trauma Registry data from 1998 to 2008 were used to model annual change in the odds that a work-related traumatic injury was sustained by a Latino, controlling for demographics, injury-related factors, and Latino representation in the underlying labor force.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We found a 5% mean annual increase in the odds that a comparable work-related traumatic injury was sustained by a Latino (P = 0.007). Falls in industrial/mine/quarry locations were the strongest contributor to increasing disparity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Latinos bear an increasingly disproportionate burden of occupational injuries and are less likely to have health insurance coverage aside from workers' compensation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. jeannes@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Jeanne M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Sears
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Bowman
authors.forename: Barbara A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Silverstein
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D060051:Occupational Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D055815:Young Adult