%0 Journal Article
%T The impact of neighborhood socioeconomic disparities on injury
%J International journal of public health
%D 2018
%A Goldman, Sharon
%A Radomislensky, Irina
%A Ziv, Arnona
%A Peleg, Kobi
%V 63
%N 7
%P 855-863
%X OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic level (NSEL) and injury-related hospitalization. <br><br>METHODS: The National Trauma Registry (INTR) and the National Population Census (NPC), including NSEL, were linked by individual identity number. Age-adjusted logistic regression predicted injury hospitalization. Mantel-Haenszel  X<sup>2</sup> was used for linear trends. NSEL was divided into 20 clusters. <br><br>RESULTS: The population comprised 7,412,592 residents, of which 125,829 (1.7%) were hospitalized due to injury. The injury hospitalization rate was at least 42 per 10,000 per year. Except for the very low SEL, an inverse relationship between NSEL and all-cause injury was found: 46.1/10,000 in cluster 3 compared to 22.9/10,000 in cluster 20. Hip fracture-related hospitalizations among ages 65 + decreased as SEL increased (2.19% o in cluster 2 compared to 0.95% in cluster 19). In comparison with Jews, non-Jews were 1.5 times more likely to have an injury-related hospitalization [OR 1.5 (95% CI 1.50-1.55)]. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The INTR and the NPC were successfully linked providing individual and injury hospitalization data. The outcomes confirm the strong relationship between injury mechanism and NSEL.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group
%@ 1661-8556
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-018-1119-1