ArticleInjury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention2000
Urban residential fire and flame injuries: a population based study.
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- Preventive measures for fire-related injuries and their risk factors in residential buildings: a systematic review.Journal of injury & violence research · 2019Pooled it
- Prevalence of working smoke alarms in local authority inner city housing: randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Trial
- Incidence of fires and related injuries after giving out free smoke alarms: cluster randomised controlled trial.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2002Trial
- Health service utilisation cost associated with residential fire incidents in New South Wales, Australia.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- An Assessment of the Fire Safety Standards in Iranian Homes and Equipment As They Relate to Fire Accidents.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2024Article
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- Surviving Burn Injury: Drivers of Length of Hospital Stay.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Pediatric burns in Mosul: an epidemiological study.Annals of burns and fire disasters · 2014Article
- Fire and scald burn risks in urban communities: who is at risk and what do they believe about home safety?Health education research · 2013Article
- Income, housing, and fire injuries: a census tract analysis.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
backgroundFires are a leading cause of death, but non-fatal injuries from residential fires have not been well characterised.
methodsTo identify residential fire injuries that resulted in an emergency department visit, hospitalisation, or death, computerised databases from emergency departments, hospitals, ambulance and helicopter services, the fire department, and the health department, and paper records from the local coroner and fire stations were screened in a deprived urban area between June 1996 and May 1997.
resultThere were 131 fire related injuries, primarily smoke inhalation (76%), an incidence of 36 (95% confidence interval (CI) 30 to 42)/100,000 person years. Forty one patients (32%) were hospitalised (11 (95% CI 8 to 15)/100,000 person years) and three people (2%) died (0.8 (95% CI 0.2 to 2.4)/100,000 person years). Injury rates were highest in those 0-4 (68 (95% CI 39 to 112)/100,000 person years) and > or = 85 years (90 (95% CI 29 to 213)/100,000 person years). Rates did not vary by sex. Leading causes of injury were unintentional house fires (63%), assault (8%), clothing and nightwear ignition (6%), and controlled fires (for example, gas burners) (4%). Cooking (31%) and smoker's materials (18%) were leading fire sources.
conclusionsBecause of the varied causes of fire and flame injuries, it is likely that diverse interventions, targeted to those at highest risk, that is, the elderly, young children, and the poor, may be required to address this important public health problem.
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