Trends in the disproportionate burden of work-related traumatic injuries sustained by Latinos

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• Personal Author:
  Bowman SM ; Sears JM ; Silverstein BA
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE: Disproportionate occupational injury rates for Latinos are well documented, but there is limited information about whether disparity is increasing over time. This study describes trends in the burden of work-related traumatic injuries sustained by Latinos in Washington State. METHODS: Washington State Trauma Registry data from 1998 to 2008 were used to model annual change in the odds that a work-related traumatic injury was sustained by a Latino, controlling for demographics, injury-related factors, and Latino representation in the underlying labor force. RESULTS: We found a 5% mean annual increase in the odds that a comparable work-related traumatic injury was sustained by a Latino (P = 0.007). Falls in industrial/mine/quarry locations were the strongest contributor to increasing disparity. CONCLUSIONS: Latinos bear an increasingly disproportionate burden of occupational injuries and are less likely to have health insurance coverage aside from workers' compensation. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Accidental Falls Accidents Aging Biological Factors Demography Epidemiology Men Occupational Health Safety Women
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Biological-factors Demographic-characteristics Fall-protection Humans Injuries Models Sociological-factors Statistical-analysis Traumatic-injuries
• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  54
• Issue:
  10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20042402
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2012 Oct; 54(10):1239-1245
• Contact Point Address:
  Jeanne M. Sears, PhD, MS, RN, Department of Health Services, University of Washington, Box 354809, Seattle, WA 98195
• Email:
  jeannes@u.washington.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2013
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington, Seattle
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20120831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:aaa97e70aeda764ab6bf1bca9d487295d30f31e4907f81ecb0b63cf7944fcfe5dbb04c4ee7f0ff83fc657b9401f54edd1b6bcf2227c9eef2da3c1826696a85e9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/194634/cdc_194634_DS1.pdf
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