Demographic and clinical characteristics of hospitalised unintentional poisoning in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal preschool children in New South Wales, Australia: a population data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children aged 0-4 years hospitalised for unintentional poisoning in New South Wales (NSW), Australia.

Design and setting

Retrospective whole-of-population cohort analysis of linked hospital and mortality data for 2000-2014.

Participants

All children (Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) under the age of 5 years who were born in a hospital in NSW from 2000 to 2009.

Outcomes

The primary outcome was hospitalisation for unintentional poisoning. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds of poisoning hospitalisation for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. Poisoning agents and clinical outcomes were compared by Aboriginality.

Results

The cohort i

SUBMITTER: Lee C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6359875 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature