Racial Differences in Hospitalizations Due to Injuries in South Dakota Children and Adolescents

ConclusionSouth Dakota AI children have disproportionately higher hospitalization rates due to unintentional and attempted suicide- and homicide-related injuries, and the rate differences between AI and white children are increasing over time. Injury hospitalization rates among females have increased more rapidly and recently surpassed that of males.
Source: Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research