title: Intentional injury hospitalizations in geographical areas with a high percentage of Aboriginal-identity residents, 2004/2005 to 2009/2010.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This study describes rates of self-inflicted and assault-related injury hospitalizations in areas with a relatively high percentage of residents identifying as First Nations, Métis and Inuit, by injury cause, age group and sex.
  
  
  METHODS
  All separation records from acute in-patient hospitals for Canadian provinces and territories excluding Quebec were obtained from the Discharge Abstract Database. Dissemination areas with more than 33% of residents reporting an Aboriginal identity in the 2006 Census were categorized as high-percentage Aboriginal-identity areas.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall, in high-percentage Aboriginal-identity areas, age-standardized hospitalization rates (ASHRs) for self-inflicted injuries were higher among females, while ASHRs for assault-related injuries were higher among males. Residents of high-percentage Aboriginal-identity areas were at least three times more likely to be hospitalized due to a self-inflicted injury and at least five times more likely to be hospitalized due to an assault-related injury compared with those living in low-percentage Aboriginal-identity areas.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Future research should examine co-morbidities, socio-economic conditions and individual risk behaviours as factors associated with intentional injury hospitalizations.
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Finès
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bougie
authors.affiliation: Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kohen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D046288:Body Piercing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002170:Canada / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography; D004332:Drowning / Q000453:epidemiology; 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; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014754:Violence / Q000208:ethnology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aboriginal; assault; injuries; intentional injuries; self-inflicted injuries