PEDESTRIAN AND HYPOTHERMIA DEATHS AMONG NATIVE AMERICANS IN NEW MEXICO. BETWEEN BAR AND HOME

To determine the nature of excess injury mortality among Native Americans in New Mexico, a retrospective review of death certificates for deaths from unintentional injuries between January 1, 1980, and December 31, 1989 was performed. Over half of the excess mortality resulted from hypothermia and from pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes. At Death, 90% of Native Americans tested were highly intoxicated. Most deaths occurred at off-reservation sites in border towns and on roads leading back to the reservation. Possession and sale of alcohol is illegal on many Native American reservations, a policy that forces them to travel long distances to obtain alcohol. The data suggest that this policy is also likely explanation for the markedly increased risk of death from hypothermia and pedestrian-motor vehicle crashes in this population.

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• Authors:
  • Gallaher, M M
  • Fleming, D W
  • BERGER, L R
  • SEWELL, C M
• Publication Date: 1992-3-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1345-58
• Serial:
  • JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
  • Volume: 267
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: American Medical Association
  • ISSN: 0098-7484
  • Serial URL: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Fatalities; Hypothermia; Injuries; Minorities; Native Americans; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Pedestrians; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Mortality
• Geographic Terms: New Mexico
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00634843
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 1993 12:00AM