Sinclair Sara A, Smith Gary A, Xiang Huiyun
Center for Injury Research and Policy, Columbus Children's Research Institute, School of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43205, USA.
J Community Health. 2006 Aug;31(4):303-25. doi: 10.1007/s10900-006-9012-x.
The objective of this research was to compare the risk of nonfatal unintentional injuries between foreign-born and U.S.-born persons. Cross-sectional, nationally representative data were used from the 2000-2003 National Health Interview Survey to compare the risk of injury between 62,267 foreign-born and 322,200 U.S.-born persons. Nonfatal unintentional injuries occurring during the three months prior to the interview were compared by age, gender, education, poverty status, region of residence, family size, and health insurance coverage status. There were a total of 7,654 injured persons with U.S.-born persons having a weighted injury prevalence of 2.3% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 2.2, 2.4) and foreign-born persons having a weighted injury prevalence of 1.2% (95% CI: 1.0, 1.3). With the U.S.-born population as the reference and while controlling for sociodemographic characteristics, the odds ratio of injury risk was 0.54 (95% CI: 0.48, 0.62) for the foreign-born population. Transportation-related injuries occurred more frequently among foreign-born persons than among U.S.-born persons (23.7%, 95% CI: 19.7, 28.3 vs. 15.0%, 95% CI: 14.0, 16.2, respectively). This research is the first step in determining the morbidity from unintentional injuries among the foreign-born population in the U.S.
本研究的目的是比较外国出生者和美国本土出生者非致命意外伤害的风险。利用2000 - 2003年全国健康访谈调查的横断面、具有全国代表性的数据，比较62267名外国出生者和322200名美国本土出生者的受伤风险。通过年龄、性别、教育程度、贫困状况、居住地区、家庭规模和医疗保险覆盖状况，对访谈前三个月内发生的非致命意外伤害进行比较。共有7654名受伤者，美国本土出生者的加权受伤患病率为2.3%（95%置信区间[CI]：2.2，2.4），外国出生者的加权受伤患病率为1.2%（95% CI：1.0，1.3）。以美国本土出生人口为参照，在控制社会人口学特征的情况下，外国出生人口受伤风险的比值比为0.54（95% CI：0.48，0.62）。与交通相关的伤害在外国出生者中比在美国本土出生者中更频繁发生（分别为23.7%，95% CI：19.7，28.3 vs. 15.0%，95% CI：14.0，16.2）。本研究是确定美国外国出生人口非故意伤害发病率的第一步。
