the University of British Columbia and the Child and Family Research Institute in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Health Rep. 2015 Jan;26(1):3-14.
Evidence from various jurisdictions has shown higher rates of injury for Aboriginal compared with non-Aboriginal populations. This study provides an overview of trends in hospitalization injury rates between the Aboriginal and total populations of one Canadian province, British Columbia.
Hospital discharge records from 1986 through 2010 were obtained from linked health care databases maintained by Population Data BC. Crude rates and standardized relative risks of hospitalization due to injury among Aboriginal people, relative to the total population of British Columbia, were calculated. Changes over time among males and females were compared for various types and causes of injury.
Throughout more than two decades, standardized risks of hospitalization for injury decreased among the Aboriginal and total populations of British Columbia. Larger decreases among the Aboriginal population than among the total population suggest that the gaps are closing. Downward trends in rates were found for most injury categories, and for males and females.
The findings indicate narrowing of the gap in injury rates between the total population of British Columbia and the province's Aboriginal population.
来自不同司法管辖区的证据表明，原住民的受伤率高于非原住民。本研究提供了加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省原住民和总人口住院伤害率趋势的概述。
从不列颠哥伦比亚省人口数据局维护的关联医疗保健数据库中获取了 1986 年至 2010 年的住院记录。计算了原住民因伤害住院的粗率和标准化相对风险，与不列颠哥伦比亚省的总人口相比。比较了不同类型和原因的伤害在男性和女性中的随时间变化。
在二十多年的时间里，不列颠哥伦比亚省原住民和总人口因伤害住院的标准化风险有所下降。原住民人口的降幅大于总人口，表明差距正在缩小。大多数伤害类别以及男性和女性的发病率都呈下降趋势。
研究结果表明，不列颠哥伦比亚省总人口和该省原住民的伤害率差距正在缩小。
