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COLUMBUS, Ohio, Apr 01, 2005 (United Press International via COMTEX) -- Ohio researchers say trauma has a far greater impact on African-American children than on white children.
The results of a study conducted at Columbus Children's Hospital are published in the March edition of the Journal of the National Medical Association.
The study found that compared to white children, African-American children, who composed the majority of the minority population sample in the study, were 7.7 times more likely to sustain a burn or gunshot wound, seven times more likely to be struck by a car, six times more likely to be intentionally injured and more than twice as likely to be killed by an injury.
Seventeen total causes of injury were examined as part of the study.
The study also found that nearly 10 percent of all pediatric trauma admissions were minority children less than 1 year old.
Copyright 2005 by United Press International.
