Maternal social characteristics and mortality from injuries among infants and toddlers in Estonia

• Published in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (1979) 2009-08, Vol.63 (8), p.633-638
• Main Authors: Tiikkaja, S, Rahu, K, Koupil, I, Rahu, M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Biological and medical sciences; Birth Order; Birthdays; Cause of Death; Child, Preschool; Childbirth; Children; Children & youth; Death; Education; Educational Status; Epidemiologic Methods; Epidemiology; Estonia - epidemiology; Families & family life; Female; Gender; General aspects; Health risks; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infants; Injuries; Male; Marital Status; Maternal Age; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Mortality; Mothers; Multiple births; Parent educational background; Physical trauma; Population studies; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Research reports; Rural Population; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomics; Toddlers; Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology; Wounds and Injuries - mortality; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0143-005X; 1470-2738; 1470-2738
• DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.081596

Background:Injuries are a major cause of ill health among children, with a social gradient in child injuries documented in many countries. The effects of maternal sociodemographic characteristics on injury mortality in Estonian infants and toddlers were investigated.Methods:A population-based study using linkage of data from the Estonian Medical Birth Registry with Mortality Database. A total of 148 521 children born 1992–2002 were followed for injury mortality (ICD-9 E800-E999) from birth to third birthday. Associations of maternal age, education, marital status, nationality, place of residence and child’s birth order and multiplicity with risk of injury death were studied using logistic regression.Results:Maternal age (