Social inequalities and hospital admission for unintentional injury in young children in Scotland: A nationwide linked cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unintentional injury is a leading cause of death/disability, with more disadvantaged children at greater risk. Understanding how inequalities vary by injury type, age, severity, and place of injury, can inform prevention.

Methods

For all Scotland-born children 2009-2013 (n=195,184), hospital admissions for unintentional injury (HAUI) were linked to socioeconomic circumstances (SECs) at birth: area deprivation via the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), mother's occupational social class, parents' relationship status. HAUI was examined from birth-five, and during infancy. We examined HAUI frequency, severity, injury type, and injury location (home vs. elsewhere). We estimated relative inequalities using the relative indices of inequality (RII, 95% CIs),

SUBMITTER: Henery PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8278494 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature