title: Inequalities in Hospitalized Unintentional Injury Between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Children in New South Wales, Australia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To quantify inequalities in rates of unintentional injury-related hospitalizations between Australian Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used linked hospital and mortality data to construct a retrospective whole-of-population birth cohort including 1,124,717 children born in the state of New South Wales, Australia, between July 1, 2000 and December 31, 2012. We adjusted hazard ratios (HRs) of first injury hospitalization for geographic clustering and individual- and area-level factors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Aboriginal children were 1.6 times more likely than were non-Aboriginal children to be hospitalized for an unintentional injury. The largest inequalities were for poisoning (HR = 2.7; 95% CI = 2.4, 3.0) and injuries stemming from exposure to fire, flames, heat, and hot substances (HR = 2.4; 95% CI = 2.1, 2.7). Adjustment reduced the inequality for all unintentional injury overall (HR = 1.4; 95% CI = 1.3, 1.4) and within leading injury mechanisms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Australian Aboriginal children suffer a disproportionately high burden of unintentional injury.
authors.affiliation: Holger Möller, Michael Falster, Deborah Randall, and Louisa Jorm are with the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Falster is with National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Rebecca Ivers is with the Injury Division, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Clapham is with the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Möller
authors.affiliation: Holger Möller, Michael Falster, Deborah Randall, and Louisa Jorm are with the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Falster is with National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Rebecca Ivers is with the Injury Division, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Clapham is with the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Falster
authors.affiliation: Holger Möller, Michael Falster, Deborah Randall, and Louisa Jorm are with the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Falster is with National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Rebecca Ivers is with the Injury Division, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Clapham is with the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ivers
authors.affiliation: Holger Möller, Michael Falster, Deborah Randall, and Louisa Jorm are with the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Falster is with National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Rebecca Ivers is with the Injury Division, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Clapham is with the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falster
authors.affiliation: Holger Möller, Michael Falster, Deborah Randall, and Louisa Jorm are with the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Falster is with National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Rebecca Ivers is with the Injury Division, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Clapham is with the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Randall
authors.affiliation: Holger Möller, Michael Falster, Deborah Randall, and Louisa Jorm are with the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Falster is with National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Rebecca Ivers is with the Injury Division, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Clapham is with the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Clapham
authors.affiliation: Holger Möller, Michael Falster, Deborah Randall, and Louisa Jorm are with the Centre for Big Data Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Falster is with National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Rebecca Ivers is with the Injury Division, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. Kathleen Clapham is with the Australian Health Services Research Institute, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
authors.forename: Louisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jorm
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009517:New South Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D011041:Poisoning / Q000208:ethnology*; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000208:ethnology*