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Death Rates among Detained Immigrants in the United States
The United States system of immigrant detention centers has been the subject of considerable scrutiny with respect to health care of detainees. We sought to characterize the rates and types of deaths that have occurred within this system between the years 2003–2015. We analyzed a file of detainee de...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4661656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26569284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121114414 |
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author | Granski, Megan Keller, Allen Venters, Homer |
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description | The United States system of immigrant detention centers has been the subject of considerable scrutiny with respect to health care of detainees. We sought to characterize the rates and types of deaths that have occurred within this system between the years 2003–2015. We analyzed a file of detainee deaths released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as part of a freedom of information request. Between 2003 and 2015, 150 deaths were recorded. During this time period, the annual rate of death among detainees dropped dramatically, whether measured by annual admissions or by person years of exposure. The most common causes of death were cardiovascular, cancer and suicide. More research is needed to adequately account for the contributors to these declining rates of death in immigration detention settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-46616562015-12-10 Death Rates among Detained Immigrants in the United States Granski, Megan Keller, Allen Venters, Homer Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The United States system of immigrant detention centers has been the subject of considerable scrutiny with respect to health care of detainees. We sought to characterize the rates and types of deaths that have occurred within this system between the years 2003–2015. We analyzed a file of detainee deaths released by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as part of a freedom of information request. Between 2003 and 2015, 150 deaths were recorded. During this time period, the annual rate of death among detainees dropped dramatically, whether measured by annual admissions or by person years of exposure. The most common causes of death were cardiovascular, cancer and suicide. More research is needed to adequately account for the contributors to these declining rates of death in immigration detention settings. MDPI 2015-11-12 2015-11 /pmc/articles/PMC4661656/ /pubmed/26569284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121114414 Text en © 2015 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Granski, Megan Keller, Allen Venters, Homer Death Rates among Detained Immigrants in the United States |
title | Death Rates among Detained Immigrants in the United States |
title_full | Death Rates among Detained Immigrants in the United States |
title_fullStr | Death Rates among Detained Immigrants in the United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Death Rates among Detained Immigrants in the United States |
title_short | Death Rates among Detained Immigrants in the United States |
title_sort | death rates among detained immigrants in the united states |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4661656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26569284 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121114414 |
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