title: Unintentional injury hospitalizations and socio-economic status in areas with a high percentage of First Nations identity residents.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few national studies of hospitalizations due to injuries among the First Nations population have been conducted.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on 2004/2005 to 2009/2010 data from the Discharge Abstract Database, this study examines associations between unintentional injury hospitalizations, socio-economic status and location relative to an urban core in Dissemination Areas (DAs) with a high percentage of First Nations identity residents versus a low percentage of Aboriginal identity residents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Unintentional injury hospitalization rates were higher in the less affluent and the most remote DAs. When DAs with the same socio-economic status and location were compared, the risk of hospitalizations was greater in high-percentage First Nations identity DAs relative to low-percentage Aboriginal identity DAs.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Socio-economic conditions and remote location accounted for some, but not all, of the differences in unintentional injury hospitalizations between high-percentage First Nations identity and low-percentage Aboriginal identity DAs. This suggests that characteristics not measured in this analysis--such as environmental, behavioural or other factors--play an additional role in DA-level unintentional injury hospitalization risk.
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Evelyne
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bougie
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Finès
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Lisa N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Dafna E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Kohen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D004930:Inuit / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012923:Social Class; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology*
keywords: Aboriginal; hospital records; wounds