2012
A Geographic Analysis of Collisions Involving Child Pedestrians in a Large Southern California County
Chakravarthy B, Anderson CL, Ludlow J, Lotfipour S, Vaca FE. A Geographic Analysis of Collisions Involving Child Pedestrians in a Large Southern California County. Traffic Injury Prevention 2012, 13: 193-198. PMID: 22458798, DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.642034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChild pedestrian collisionsPercent of residentsStatewide Integrated Traffic Records SystemLatino ethnicityPedestrian injuriesLow incomeChild pedestrian crashesChild pedestrian injuriesCalifornia Statewide Integrated Traffic Records SystemHigh school educationCensus tractsPedestrian crashesPedestrian collisionsRichest quartileTractSocioeconomic factorsSocioeconomic correlatesStrongest predictorRecord systemPoorest quartileInjuryQuartileSouthern California countiesCounty censusChild pedestrians
2010
The Latino adolescent male mortality peak revisited: attribution of homicide and motor vehicle crash death
Vaca FE, Anderson CL, Hayes-Bautista DE. The Latino adolescent male mortality peak revisited: attribution of homicide and motor vehicle crash death. Injury Prevention 2010, 17: 102. PMID: 21134905, PMCID: PMC3065499, DOI: 10.1136/ip.2010.028886.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCause of deathNon-Latino whitesMortality rateMotor vehicle crash mortality ratesRate ratioYears age groupMortality rate ratiosFavorable health profilesAge group 15Lower mortality rateMotor vehicle crash deathsMortality peaksEpidemiological paradoxCalifornia mortality dataEpidemiologic paradoxHealth profileAge groupsMortality disparitiesLower educationMortality dataStudy periodLatino adolescent malesGroup 15White femalesAdolescent males