Transcript Dr. Susan M. Smith EdD. MSPH Associate Professor of Safety & Health Education Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University Bloomington [email protected] Dr.

Dr. Susan M. Smith EdD. MSPH
Associate Professor of Safety & Health Education
Department of Applied Health Science,
Indiana University Bloomington
[email protected]
Dr. Amina Sandal, PhD. MPH
Director of Health Education Sharja
UAE Ministry of Health
Citizens (21% of total population) include:
 417,917 males and 407,578 females
Non-citizens (79% of total population) include:
 2,388,224 males and 3,280,932 females
Changes in the UAE:
increasing risk of unintentional injury death
Rapid Growth Oil Production
Expansion in Urban areas
Major improvement in road systems
Construction operations and related labor force
demands has increase to be 19% of workforce by
2000.
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In 2005 the World Health Organization
reported Accidents to be a major health
problem in the United Arab Emirates
In this report the main cause of accidental
death was cited as road accidents
representing 70.5% of the total accidental
deaths.
Of those who died males represented 88.5%
of all road traffic accident deaths
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Objectives:
◦ Determine the unintentional death rate by cause for
males ages 20-65 by within selected medical
districts living in the UAE
◦ For the Six Medical Districts* managed by the UAE
Ministry of Health
 Determine the death rate for males ages 20-65
caused by unintentional injury & analyzed by citizen
status for the years 2006-2008
 Determine the death rate for males 20-65 caused by
unintentional injuries & analyzed by citizen status for
each season of the year.
◦ *Rasal-Khaimah, Ajman, Fujarah, Um m al Quiwan, Sharja,
Dubai
Report
Deaths by
Gender &
Citizen
Status
Male
Citizen
s
Male
NonCitizens
Total
Males
Female
Citizens
Female
NonCitizens
Total
Females
Frequency
2,602
7,800
10,427
1,760
1,900
3,673
% within
Category
24.95%
74.81%
48%
51.73%
% Total
Study
Population
73.9%
26.0%
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-by citizen status for males ages 20-65 reported
by six UAE Medical Districts
Chi-square –death rates differ significantly by
citizen status
Adjusted Residuals
Accidents & Adverse Effects
Citizens significantly < observed than expected
Non-Citizens Significantly >observed than
expected**
Motor Vehicle & Traffic Accidents
 Citizens significantly > observed than expected**
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Non-Citizens Significantly < observed than
expected
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Accidental Poisoning
◦ Citizens significantly > observed than expected**
Non-Citizens Significantly < observed than
expected
Accidental Falls
◦ Citizens significantly < observed than expected
Non-Citizens Significantly > observed than
expected**
Other causes
◦ Citizens significantly < observed than expected
Non-Citizens Significantly > observed than
expected**
**=more observed than expected
Spring
Summer
Fall
Winter
Unintentional
Injury Cause
Sig. Greater
than
Observed
Sig. Greater
than
Observed
Sig. Greater
than
Observed
Sig. Greater
than
Observed
Accident &
Adverse Effect
Non-citizen Non-citizen
Non-citizen
Non-citizen
No
Difference
Citizen
Citizen
Citizen
No
Difference
Citizen
Motor Vehicle & Citizen
Traffic Accident
Accidental
Poisoning
No
Difference
Accidental Falls
Non-citizen No
Difference
Non-citizen
Non-citizen
Other Causes
Non-citizen No
Difference
Non-citizen
Non-citizen
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When unintentional injury fatalities reported by
the all six UAE Medical Districts under study were
analyzed by rate a Chi-Square test found the rate
death due to unintentional injury to differ
significantly between Citizens and Non-citizens.
For all unintentional injury death categories
except Motor Vehicle & Traffic Accidents Noncitizens were found to have significantly higher
rate of observed deaths than Citizens.
Citizens were found to have a significantly
higher rate of observed deaths than Noncitizens for Motor Vehicle & Traffic Accidents