Socio-demographic and substance use characteristics of unintentional injuries among Nunavik youth

Figures & data

Figure 1. Flow chart for recruitment and follow-up of study participants from November 1993 to February 2016 including reasons and number of excluded participants through follow-ups. Note: NIH, National Institutes of Health; NCDS, Nunavik Child Development Study.

Figure 2. List of unintentional injury causes, Nunavik Child Development Study, Youth population, Nunavik, 2013–2015.

Table 1. Socio-demographic and substance use characteristics of youth participants, N (%) and mean (Standard deviation-SD), Nunavik Child Development Study, Nunavik, 2013–2015

Characteristics	Injured	Not injured	Total
	N = 30	N = 169	N = 199
Sex
Male	15 (50.0%)	73 (43.2%)	88 (44.2)
Female	15 (50.0%)	96 (56.8%)	111 (55.8)
Age^a	18 (SD 0.9)	18 (SD 1.1)	18 (SD 1.1)
Youth’s village location
Hudson coast	12 (40.0%)	63 (37.3%)	75 (37.7)
Ungava coast	18 (60.0%)	106 (62.7%)	124 (62.3)
Education status
Secondary school not completed & not currently attending school	20 (66.7%)	82 (48.5%)	102 (51.3)
Secondary school not completed & currently attending school	7 (23.3%)	61 (36.1%)	68 (34.1)
Secondary school completed or higher	Np	26 (15.4%)	29 (14.6)
Employment status
Employed	13 (43.3%)	97 (57.4%)	110 (55.3)
Unemployed	17 (56.7%)	72 (42.6%)	89 (44.7)
SES Hollingshead Index score^b	21 (SD 9.8)	22 (SD 8.8)	22 (SD 8.9)
Drug consumption past 12 months
Yes	25 (86.2%)	110 (65.0%)	135 (67.9)
No	Np	53 (31.4%)	57 (28.6)
Missing	1	6 (3.6%)	7 (3.5)
Alcohol consumption past 12 months
Yes	27 (93.1%)	139 (82.2%)	166 (83.4)
No	Np	24 (14.2%)	26 (13.1)
Missing	1	6 (3.6%)	7 (3.5)
Heavy Drinking^c
Yes	10 (35.7%)	102 (60.4%)	112 (56.3)
No	18 (64.3%)	61 (36.0%)	79 (39.7)
Missing	2	6 (3.6)	8 (4.0)

a.Youth between age 16 and 21 years old were eligible to participate

b.SES Hollingshead Index score uses caregivers’ education, occupation, sex and marital status to determine a family’s SES composite ranging from 8 to 66 with higher scores reflecting higher SES.

c.Heavy alcohol drinking defined as consuming 5 drinks or more on the same occasion at least once a month for the past year.

d.Np; Data not presented due to small number of respondents

Table 2. Multivariable logistic regression model results for the relationship between socio-demographic, substance use characteristics, and unintentional injury occurrence among youth participants, Nunavik Child Development Study, Nunavik, 2013–2015

Variables	Odds ratio (95%CI)	p-value
Sex (male)	1.38 (0.62–4.03)	0.51
Age (years)	1.15 (1.34–1.85)	0.65
Youth’s village location (Ungava coast)	1.37 (0.58–3.38)	0.48
Currently employed (yes)	0.38 (0.18–0.96)	0.04*
SES Hollingshead Index (score)^a	1.03 (0.92–1.13)	0.65
Heavy Drinking (yes)^b	1.41 (0.56–4.50)	0.69

*p-value<0.05

a.SES Hollingshead Index score uses caregivers’ education, occupation, sex and marital status to determine a family’s SES composite ranging from 8 to 66 with higher scores reflecting higher SES.

b.Heavy alcohol drinking defined as consuming 5 drinks or more on the same occasion at least once a month for the past year.