This study addressed four specific questions: 1) Are there differences in the risk of road traffic injury between different ethnic groups in London? 2) How far can any differences identified between ethnic groups be accounted for by: measurement errors; different levels of exposure; or different levels of deprivation across areas of London? 3) Within ethnic groups, how far does deprivation affect the risk of road traffic injury? 4) Taking into account what we know about differences in risk, possible explanations for differences, what works to reduce risk, and the policy context in London — what are the implications for policy and practice? To do this, the authors analysed injuries recorded in STATS19 data between 1996 and 2006. They used census data and GLA population projections to estimate injury rates across ethnic groupings, and the Index of Multiple Deprivation to rank census Super Output Areas in terms of deprivation. Ethnicity was coded by mapping STATS19 categories onto census categories, and deriving three broad groupings called ‘White’ , ‘Black’ and ‘Asian’. Interviews with policy makers, practitioners, young people and parents were used to provide an overview for the policy context. (Author/publisher)
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