A comparison of age-specific burn injury rates in five Massachusetts communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11030007 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Mackay (0000-0002-6396-0821), Annette M Mackay (0000-0003-0318-5664), J Halpern, Elizabeth McLoughlin, J Locke (0000-0002-0996-7854), J A Locke, John D Crawford (0000-0001-5141-0673) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1146-1150 |
| Publication date | 1979-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.69.11.1146 |
| PMID | 507246 |
| OpenAlex | W2023937266 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
We measured burn incidence rates for residents of five Massachusetts cities. The data set included all non-occupational burn injuries and cases of smoke inhalation requiring treatment on an inpatient or an outpatient basis in a hospital, occurring between October 1, 1973 and September 30, 1976. Rates of burn injuries by age, and by burn type were calculated for each city. Examination of the data revealed large differences in the magnitude of the age-specific incidence rates among cities but remarkably similar patterns of rates for each city. Differences in the economic status among the cities and among census tracts within the cities appeared to explain a large proportion of the variation in the crude burn rates. A similar specificity of certain types of burn injury by age and sex was common to each city. These findings can be used by health education specialists to design and implement burn prevention programs in these communities appropriate for those individuals at highest risk
Age groups · Burn injury · Census · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry) · Injury prevention · Occupational safety and health · Pathology · Poison control · Population · Burn Injury Management and Outcomes · Demography · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Surgery · Gerontology
Population-based study of unintentional injury incidence and impact during childhood
The incidence of injuries among 87,000 Massachusetts children and adolescents
Project Burn Prevention
The incidence and severity of burn injuries following Project Burn Prevention
The Epidemiology and Causes of Childhood Injuries
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 1989 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |