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    An assessment of burn injury hospitalisations of adolescents and young adults in Western Australia, 1983-2008

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    Authors
    Duke, Janine
    Wood, Fiona
    Semmens, James
    Edgar, D.
    Spilsbury, Katrina
    Rea, S.
    Date
    2012
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Duke, Janine and Wood, Fiona and Semmens, James and Edgar, Dale and Spilsbury, Katrina and Rea, Suzanne. 2012. An assessment of burn injury hospitalisations of adolescents and young adults in Western Australia, 1983-2008. Burns. 38 (1): pp. 128-135.
    Source Title
    Burns
    DOI
    10.1016/j.burns.2011.02.008
    ISSN
    03054179
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15852
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Background: This study presents a 26-year epidemiological assessment of burn injury hospitalisations for people 15–29 years of age in Western Australia. Methods: Linked hospital morbidity and death data for all persons hospitalised with an index burn injury in Western Australia for the period 1983–2008 were analyzed. Annual age-specific incidence rates were estimated. Poisson regression analyses were used to estimate temporal trends in hospital admissions. Results: There were 6404 burn hospital admissions of which 76% were male. Males had hospitalisation rates 3.0 times that of females (95%CI: 2.8–3.2) and Aboriginal people had rates 2.3 times (95%CI: 2.1–2.5) that of non-Aboriginal persons. Hospitalisations for burn injury declined by 42% (95%CI: 35–47) for males and 21% (95%CI: 6–33) for females. Hospitalisations declined by 53% (95%CI: 35–63) for Aboriginal people, and by 35% (95%CI: 29–41) for non-Aboriginal people. Significant reductions were observed for flame and electrical burn hospitalisations. The major causes of burns in males were exposure to controlled fires and ignition of inflammable materials, with scalds the predominant cause of burn in females. Conclusions: Downward trends in burn injury hospitalisations for both males and females 15–29 years of age were observed; however, males and Aboriginal persons have significantly elevated hospitalisation rates.

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