Community Deprivation, Individual Socioeconomic Status, and Prevalence of Non-fatal Injuries in Taiwan
Date Issued
2004
Date
2004
Author(s)
Su, Pei-Jung
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Objective To examine the relationship of non-fatal injuries with community deprivation and individual socioeconomic status among population aged 20 years old and over.
Design Cross-sectional study using data from the 2001 Survey of Social Development Trends-Health and Safety, with a size of 30467 samples, and the 2000 Census of Population and Housing Taiwan- Fukien Area. Following HC Lin (2001), we used the proportion of primary occupation population and the prevalence of non-schooling among population aged 18-21years to develop an community deprivation score.
Main outcome measurement Prevalence of non-fatal injuries requiring medical attention, and non-fatal injuries requiring hospitalization.
Results The 3-month prevalence of non-fatal injuries requiring medical attention among population aged 20 years old and over were 3.7%; of them, 12.7% requiring hospitalization. By using logistic regression analysis, we found that, after controlling for sex and age, both individual socioeconomic status and community deprivation were significantly associated with the prevalence of non-fatal injuries requiring medical attention, but not associated with the prevalence of non-fatal injuries requiring hospitalization.
Conclusion Individual socioeconomic status and community deprivation are powerful in determining the rate of non-fatal injuries requiring medical attention.
Design Cross-sectional study using data from the 2001 Survey of Social Development Trends-Health and Safety, with a size of 30467 samples, and the 2000 Census of Population and Housing Taiwan- Fukien Area. Following HC Lin (2001), we used the proportion of primary occupation population and the prevalence of non-schooling among population aged 18-21years to develop an community deprivation score.
Main outcome measurement Prevalence of non-fatal injuries requiring medical attention, and non-fatal injuries requiring hospitalization.
Results The 3-month prevalence of non-fatal injuries requiring medical attention among population aged 20 years old and over were 3.7%; of them, 12.7% requiring hospitalization. By using logistic regression analysis, we found that, after controlling for sex and age, both individual socioeconomic status and community deprivation were significantly associated with the prevalence of non-fatal injuries requiring medical attention, but not associated with the prevalence of non-fatal injuries requiring hospitalization.
Conclusion Individual socioeconomic status and community deprivation are powerful in determining the rate of non-fatal injuries requiring medical attention.
Subjects
社區剝奪
個人社經地位
非致命事故傷害
community depriva
individual socioeconomic status
Type
thesis