Citation

Quayle KS, Wick NA, Gnauck KA, Schootman M, Jaffe DM. Inj. Prev. 2000; 6(4): 255-258.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, USA. quayle@a1.kids.wustl.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11144619

PMCID

PMC1730655

Abstract

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.