DIFFERENCES IN THE RISK OF HOMICIDE AND OTHER FATAL INJURIES BETWEEN POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND OTHER WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE - IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION

Citation
Pm. Dietz et al., DIFFERENCES IN THE RISK OF HOMICIDE AND OTHER FATAL INJURIES BETWEEN POSTPARTUM WOMEN AND OTHER WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE - IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION, American journal of public health, 88(4), 1998, pp. 641-643
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath","Public, Environmental & Occupation Heath
ISSN journal
00900036
Volume
88
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
641 - 643
Database
ISI
SICI code
0090-0036(1998)88:4<641:DITROH>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Objectives. This study compared injury deaths between postpartum women and other women aged 15 to 44. Methods. Risk ratios and 95% confidenc e intervals (CIs) were computed for injury fatality rates. Results. Fi fty percent (29/58) of postpartum injury deaths were homicides, compar ed with 26% (427/1648) of injury deaths among nonpregnant, postpartum women. For females aged 15 to 19, the homicide rate was 2.6 times high er (95% CI=1.17, 5.95) for postpartum females than for other females. The motor-vehicle fatality rate was lower for postpartum females than for nonpregnant, non-postpartum females (risk ratio=0.30, CI=0.18, 0.4 8). Conclusions. Postpartum females aged 15 to 19 years were at higher risk of homicide. Postpartum women were at reduced risk of motor-vehi cle fatalities.