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. 1997 Feb;87(2):282–285. doi: 10.2105/ajph.87.2.282

Motor-vehicle crash fatalities among American Indians and non-Indians in Arizona, 1979 through 1988.

D Campos-Outcalt 1, D Prybylski 1, A J Watkins 1, G Rothfus 1, A Dellapenna 1
PMCID: PMC1380809  PMID: 9103112

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the contributions of rural residence, alcohol use, and pedestrian fatalities to the high American Indian motor-vehicle crash mortality rate in Arizona. METHODS: Records from the Fatal Accident Reporting System were used to examine mortality rates between 1979 and 1988. RESULTS: American Indians had increased relative risks in all motor-vehicle crash categories in all residence-gender groups. The percentage of excess mortality associated with alcohol varied from 36.8% to 66.7%, and the percentage associated with pedestrian deaths ranged from 27.2% to 55.4%. CONCLUSIONS: Efforts to reduce excess motor-vehicle crash mortality among American Indians should concentrate on preventing pedestrian and alcohol-related fatalities.

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