Urban compared with rural and remote burn hospitalisations in Western Australia
dc.contributor.author | Duke, Janine | |
dc.contributor.author | Rea, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Semmens, James | |
dc.contributor.author | Wood, Fiona | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-01-30T12:43:17Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-01-30T12:43:17Z | |
dc.date.created | 2012-01-31T20:00:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Duke, Janine and Rea, Suzanne and Semmens, James and Wood, Fiona. 2011. Urban compared with rural and remote burn hospitalisations in Western Australia. Burns. 38 (4): pp. 591-598. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24486 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.burns.2011.10.015 | |
dc.description.abstract |
Aim: To compare the incidence, temporal trends and cause of burn hospitalisations between urban, rural and remote regions in Western Australia, 1983–2008. Methods: De-identified linked hospital morbidity and mortality records for all persons hospitalised for an index burn in Western Australia were analysed 1983–2008. Annual age-specific incidence and age standardised rates were estimated. Poisson regression analyses were used to estimate temporal trends in hospital admissions by urban, rural and remote region. Results: Of 23,450 burn-related hospital admissions 1983–2008, 14,007 (59.7%) were in urban, 5442 (23.1%) rural and 4021 (17.2%) remote hospital regions. Hospitalisation rates were higher in rural (Incidence rate ratio (IRR), 95% CI: 1.5, 1.4–1.6) and remote (IRR, 95%C: 2.1, 2.0–2.2) regions compared to urban. Age-standardised rates of burn hospital admissions declined from 1983 to 2008 for each region with 26-year declines of 56% (95% CI: 51–60) for remote, 71% (95% CI: 68–73) for rural, and 9% (95% CI: 4–14) for admissions in urban regions. Scald was the most common cause for urban admissions while flame the most common cause for rural and remote burn admissions. Conclusions: Significant differences in the incidence, and cause of burn were identified between urban, rural and remote regions in Western Australia. | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
dc.subject | Injury | |
dc.subject | Burns | |
dc.subject | Epidemiology | |
dc.subject | Remote | |
dc.subject | Urban | |
dc.subject | Rural | |
dc.title | Urban compared with rural and remote burn hospitalisations in Western Australia | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 20/11/11 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 03054179 | |
dcterms.source.title | Burns | |
curtin.department | Centre for Population Health | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |