Racial inequality in the trauma of women: A disproportionate decade

BACKGROUND
Historically, women have been largely underrepresented in the body of medical research. Given the paucity of data regarding race and trauma in women, we aimed to evaluate the most common types of traumas incurred by women and analyze temporal racial differences.
METHODS
A 10-year review (2007–2016) of the National Trauma Data Bank was conducted to identify common mechanisms of injuries among women. Trends of race, intent of injury, and firearm-related assaults were assessed using the Cochran-Armitage Trend test. Multivariable multinomial logistic regressions were utilized to examine the association between race and trauma subtypes.
RESULTS
Of the 2,082,768 women identified as a trauma during this study period, the majority presented due to an unintentional intent (94.5%), whereas fewer presented secondary to an assault (4.4%) or self-inflicted injury (1.1%). While racioethnic minority women encompassed a small percentage of total traumas (19%), they accounted for roughly three fifths of assault-related traumas (p

Source: The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care - June 23, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research