Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury

The aim of this research was to investigate mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica (disease versus injury deaths) and compare it with the young native population. The study focused on persons aged 15 to 34 years, due to the relative importance of the injury deaths in this age grou...

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Autores principales:	Bonilla, Roger E., Chavarría, Juan B.
Formato:	Online
Idioma:	spa
Publicado:	Universidad de Costa Rica 2015
Acceso en línea:	https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/19497

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spelling	PSM194972021-06-09T23:32:49Z Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury Bonilla, Roger E. Chavarría, Juan B. Mortality injury deaths disease deaths immigrants Costa Rica Mortalidad muertes por causas externas muertes por enfermedades inmigrantes Costa Rica The aim of this research was to investigate mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica (disease versus injury deaths) and compare it with the young native population. The study focused on persons aged 15 to 34 years, due to the relative importance of the injury deaths in this age group. Deaths (numerators) and population data (denominators), which were obtained from the 10th Population and Housing Census 2000, were used to calculate the mortality rates per 100,000 inhabitants. The relative risk (RR) results from dividing each set of causal standardized mortality rates. Approximately 66% of deaths among Nicaraguan immigrants are injury deaths versus 57% for the native population. Immigrants have higher relative risks (RR) of mortality than natives for injury deaths (homicides RR =2.00, other accidents RR =1.70, and vehicular accidents RR =1.17). We emphasize that Nicaraguan immigrants have twice the risk of dying from homicide than the native population. The aim of this research was to investigate mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica (disease versus injury deaths) and compare it with the young native population. The study focused on persons aged 15 to 34 years, due to the relative importance of the injury deaths in this age group. Deaths (numerators) and population data (denominators), which were obtained from the 10th Population and Housing Census 2000, were used to calculate the mortality rates per 100,000 inhabitants. The relative risk (RR) results from dividing each set of causal standardized mortality rates. Approximately 66% of deaths among Nicaraguan immigrants are injury deaths versus 57% for the native population. Immigrants have higher relative risks (RR) of mortality than natives for injury deaths (homicides RR=2.00, other accidents RR=1.70, and vehicular accidents RR=1.17). We emphasize that Nicaraguan immigrants have twice the risk of dying from homicide than the native population. Universidad de Costa Rica 2015-06-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf text/html application/octet-stream https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/19497 10.15517/psm.v13i1.19497 Población y Salud en Mesoamérica; Volumen 13, Número 1: julio-diciembre 2015 Población y Salud en Mesoamérica; Volumen 13, Número 1: julio-diciembre 2015 Población y Salud en Mesoamérica; Volumen 13, Número 1: julio-diciembre 2015 1659-0201 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/19497/20005 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/19497/27077 https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/psm/article/view/19497/24466 Copyright (c) 2015 Población y Salud en Mesoamérica
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spellingShingle	Bonilla, Roger E. Chavarría, Juan B. Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury
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description	The aim of this research was to investigate mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica (disease versus injury deaths) and compare it with the young native population. The study focused on persons aged 15 to 34 years, due to the relative importance of the injury deaths in this age group. Deaths (numerators) and population data (denominators), which were obtained from the 10th Population and Housing Census 2000, were used to calculate the mortality rates per 100,000 inhabitants. The relative risk (RR) results from dividing each set of causal standardized mortality rates. Approximately 66% of deaths among Nicaraguan immigrants are injury deaths versus 57% for the native population. Immigrants have higher relative risks (RR) of mortality than natives for injury deaths (homicides RR=2.00, other accidents RR=1.70, and vehicular accidents RR=1.17). We emphasize that Nicaraguan immigrants have twice the risk of dying from homicide than the native population.
title	Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury
title_short	Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury
title_full	Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury
title_fullStr	Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury
title_full_unstemmed	Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury
title_sort	mortality among young nicaraguan immigrants to costa rica: deaths from disease versus injury
title_alt	Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury
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Mortality among young Nicaraguan immigrants to Costa Rica: deaths from disease versus injury

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