OBJECTIVE: This study uses Missouri's inpatient and outpatient E code data system to describe the demographic characteristics of Missouri children who suffered burn injuries during 1994 and 1995. METHODS: Retrospective review of Missouri E code data. RESULTS: Altogether 8,404 children aged 0-14 years were treated for burn injuries in Missouri hospitals during 1994 and 1995. The rate of burn injury in Missouri children was 339 per 100,000/year. African-American boys 0-4 years living in urban counties were at increased risk. In addition, African-American girls ages 0-4 years living in counties with a high poverty rate had raised burn injury rates. Burns from hot objects and scalds from hot liquids caused more than half of the burns. CONCLUSIONS: Hospital based E coding has proven an invaluable tool for the study of burns and will, no doubt, prove equally useful for other injuries.
OBJECTIVE: This study uses Missouri's inpatient and outpatient E code data system to describe the demographic characteristics of Missouri children who suffered burn injuries during 1994 and 1995. METHODS: Retrospective review of Missouri E code data. RESULTS: Altogether 8,404 children aged 0-14 years were treated for burn injuries in Missouri hospitals during 1994 and 1995. The rate of burn injury in Missouri children was 339 per 100,000/year. African-American boys 0-4 years living in urban counties were at increased risk. In addition, African-American girls ages 0-4 years living in counties with a high poverty rate had raised burn injury rates. Burns from hot objects and scalds from hot liquids caused more than half of the burns. CONCLUSIONS: Hospital based E coding has proven an invaluable tool for the study of burns and will, no doubt, prove equally useful for other injuries.
Authors: Carol W Runyan; Renee M Johnson; Jingzhen Yang; Anna E Waller; David Perkis; Stephen W Marshall; Tamera Coyne-Beasley; Kara S McGee Journal: Am J Prev Med Date: 2005-01 Impact factor: 5.043
Authors: Joyce C Pressley; Barbara Barlow; Maureen Durkin; Sally A Jacko; DiLenny Roca Dominguez; Lenita Johnson Journal: J Urban Health Date: 2005-06-15 Impact factor: 3.671