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Table 3 Rate ratios of unintentional injuries in children and youth aged 0-24 years by duration of residence, 2011-2012

From: The shrinking health advantage: unintentional injuries among children and youth from immigrant families

Duration of residence

Unadjusted rate ratios

(95% CI)

Adjusteda rate ratio

(95% CI)

Recent

0.79 (0.75, 0.83)

0.79 (0.77, 0.81)

Intermediate

0.88 (0.84, 0.92)

0.90 (0.88, 0.92)

Longer-term (reference)

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Age

 00-04

1.24 (1.16, 1.32)

1.30 (1.26, 1.34)

 05-09

0.94 (0.88, 1.00)

0.94 (0.91, 0.98)

 10-14

1.06 (0.99, 1.13)

1.05 (1.01, 1.08)

 15-19

1.03 (0.96, 1.10)

1.01 (0.98, 1.05)

 20-24 (reference)

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Sex

 Male

1.51 (1.46, 1.57)

1.52 (1.49, 1.55)

 Female (reference)

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Income

 Q1

0.87 (0.81, 0.93)

0.93 (0.89, 0.96)

 Q2

0.85 (0.79, 0.91)

0.91 (0.88, 0.94)

 Q3

0.88 (0.82, 0.95)

0.92 (0.89, 0.96)

 Q4

0.95 (0.88, 1.02)

0.97 (0.94, 1.01)

 Q5-highest income (reference)

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Source Regions

 East Asia and Pacific

0.54 (0.51, 0.58)

0.55 (0.53, 0.57)

 South Asia

0.65 (0.61, 0.68)

0.67 (0.64, 0.69)

 Eastern Europe/Central Asia

0.94 (0.88, 1.01)

0.95 (0.91, 0.99)

 Africa

0.82 (0.77, 0.88)

0.85 (0.81, 0.88)

 Middle East

0.77 (0.72, 0.83)

0.81 (0.78, 0.84)

 South America

0.92 (0.85, 1.00)

0.94 (0.89, 0.98)

 Central America

0.88 (0.83, 0.95)

0.89 (0.85, 0.93)

 Missing

0.98 (0.44, 2.20)

0.97 (0.60, 1.56)

 US/UK/Western Europe (reference)

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  1. aAdjusted for age, sex, neighbourhood income quintile, and source region