The epidemic of penetrating trauma: A national dilemma

Lacqua, Michael J.; Sahdev, Pradip

doi:10.1016/0736-4679(93)90636-l

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“…[18][19][20][21] However, evidence also suggested that Black workers are overrepresented in hazardous occupations, even after adjustment for education and experience. 22 The lack of adequate measures of SES has made it difficult to confirm the hypothesis that racial differences in injury morbidity and mortality are largely attributable to SES.…”

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Socioeconomic status and the occurrence of fatal and nonfatal injury in the United States

2000

Am J Public Health

187

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Objectives. This study examined the contribution of socioeconomic status (SES) to the risk of injury mortality and morbidity among working-age adults.Methods. The sample consisted of respondents to the National Health Interview Survey (1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994), and separate analyses were conducted for injury deaths to respondents by linking to the National Death Index. Proportional hazards regression models were used to analyze mortality. Logistic regression models were used to analyze morbidity.Results. The effects of SES varied substantially by cause of injury mortality and indicator of SES. In the multivariate models, blue-collar workers were at significantly increased odds of nonfatal injury. Education was unrelated to total injury morbidity, although associations were observed after stratification of the outcome by severity and place of occurrence. Black persons were at increased risk for homicide, and Black and Hispanic persons were at decreased risk for suicide and nonfatal injuries, after adjustment for SES.Conclusions. SES is an important determinant of injury, although the effect depends on the indicator of SES and the cause and severity of injury. (Am

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Socioeconomic status and the occurrence of fatal and nonfatal injury in the United States

2000

Am J Public Health

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“…7 Restricting access to firearms for persons with a documented history of alcohol misuse would be an effective measure to prevent violence. 8 A number of factors are responsible for the high number of firearm-related deaths, such as increasing ownership of firearms, alcohol consumption, recreational drug use and trafficking, occupational risk and socioeconomic factors. 9 in South Africa has three million registered firearm owners.…”

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Twenty-three-year trend in firearm deaths in the Transkei subregion of South Africa (1993–2015)

Meel

2018

Med Sci Law

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Background Firearm-related deaths are a serious public-health problem in South Africa, which has the second-highest rate of firearm-related deaths in the world. Objective The aim of this study was to examine the trend in firearm deaths in the Transkei subregion of South Africa. Method An autopsy record review study was conducted at the Forensic Pathology Laboratory at Mthatha over a period of 23 years (1993-2015). Results Over a 23-year period (1993-2015), 27,036 autopsies were performed at the Mthatha Forensic Pathology Laboratory on people who had died from unnatural causes. Of these, 3935 (14.2%) deaths were related to firearm injuries. The average gunshot death rate during the study period was 29/100,000 of the population annually. The majority (3236; 82%) were males, among whom the death rate was 24.4/100,000 of the population per year. The rate of gunshot deaths was 27/100,000 of the population in 1993, while in 2015 it was 12.8/100,000. About a third (1207; 31%) of victims were between 21 and 30 years of age. Conclusion The gunshot death rate is at an unacceptably high level in the Transkei subregion of South Africa, especially among young people.

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Tasman

2006

Essentials of Psychiatry

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The epidemic of penetrating trauma: A national dilemma

Cited by 11 publications

References 18 publications

Socioeconomic status and the occurrence of fatal and nonfatal injury in the United States

Socioeconomic status and the occurrence of fatal and nonfatal injury in the United States

Twenty-three-year trend in firearm deaths in the Transkei subregion of South Africa (1993–2015)

Law, Ethics and Psychiatry

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