Death styles among Canada's Indians

Jarvis, George K.; Boldt, Menno

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(82)90030-2

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“…These inequalities in socioeconomic wellbeing are exacerbated by alarmingly high levels of social disorganization in many Native reserves, as reflected in their high rates of family violence, abuse, neglect, crime, suicide, and lethal interpersonal violence. Alcoholism plays a major role in these phenomena (De Wit, Embree and De Wit, 1997;Jarvis and Boldt, 1982;Levy and Kunitz, 1971;Bachman, 1992;Broudy and May, 1983;Jarvis and Boldt, 1982;Morrison et al, 1986;Whitehead and Hayes, 1998).…”

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Canadian Indian mortality during the 1980s

Trovato

2000

Biodemography and Social Biology

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This study concerns itself with an investigation of general and cause-specific mortality differentials between Canadian Registered Indians (a subset of all aboriginals) and the larger Canadian population over two points in time, 1981 and 1991. Multivariate analyses are executed separately across four segments of the life cycle: adulthood, infancy, early childhood and late childhood. With respect to adults, Indians share relatively high rates of suicide, homicide and accidental causes of death; over time, their conditional risks of death due to cancer and circulatory afflictions have gone up significantly. Mortality disadvantages for the Indians are also pronounced in infancy, early childhood (ages 1-4) and late childhood (ages 5-14). Suicide, accidents, and violence constitute serious problems among 5-14 year olds, while infectious/parasitic, respiratory and circulatory complications, plus accidents and violence, are principle killers in infancy. For children aged 1-4, respiratory problems and accidents/violence are prime causes of premature death. This less-than-optimal mortality profile is reflective of persistent problems associated with prolonged socioeconomic marginalization. The temporal pattern of change in chronic/degenerative disease mortality among adult Indians suggests a movement of this population toward a mature stage of epidemiological transition.

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“…Earlier works on this topic are based for the most part on the situation prior to the early 1990s (e.g., Bobet, 1989;Jarvis and Boldt, 1982;Mao et al, 1986Mao et al, , 1992Morrison et al, 1986;Jaffe, 1992;Trovato, 1988;Young, 1994).…”

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Canadian Indian mortality during the 1980s

Trovato

2000

Biodemography and Social Biology

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“…In Canadian Indians in Manitoba and Alberta, 76 and 90%, respectively, of the adult victims of residential fires were under the influence of alcohol at the time of death. 27,28 Risk factors for fatal and nonfatal house fire injuries include young or old age, male gender, non-white race, low income, disability, smoking, and alcohol use. 29 Single, detached mobile homes had the highest rate of fire deaths of all types of residences.…”

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Structure Fires, Smoke Production, and Smoke Alarms

Peck

2011

Journal of Burn Care & Research

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Smoke inhalation injury causes severe morbidity and death. In the United States, the majority of fatalities from fire and burns occur because of inhalation of smoke. Medical treatment is only supportive; there is no known antidote to the damaging effects of smoke toxicants on pulmonary tissue. Without question, minimization of the morbidity and mortality that are caused by smoke inhalation is best accomplished by prevention of the injury. Effective prevention programs depend on a thorough and detailed understanding of the mechanism of damage caused by smoke, as well as of the available options for efficacious prevention. This summary presents details of smoke production from structure fires, the effects of smoke on physiology, and the devices currently in use to prevent damage and death from smoke.

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“…Seventy-six percent and 90 % of the adult victims of residential fires in Canadian Indians in Manitoba and Alberta, respectively, were under the influence of alcohol at the time of death [79,106]. Not only in higher socioeconomic neighborhoods is smoking in bed while inebriated one of the most common causes of death by fire, but also in indigenous communities in North America.…”

Section: Residential Firesmentioning

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Epidemiology and prevention of burns throughout the world

Peck

2012

Handbook of Burns

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Death styles among Canada's Indians

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Canadian Indian mortality during the 1980s

Canadian Indian mortality during the 1980s

Structure Fires, Smoke Production, and Smoke Alarms

Epidemiology and prevention of burns throughout the world

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