Epidemiology of injuries from fire, heat and hot substances: global, regional and national morbidity and mortality estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study. (18th December 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: James, Spencer L; Lucchesi, Lydia R; Bisignano, Catherine; Castle, Chris D; Dingels, Zachary V; Fox, Jack T; Hamilton, Erin B; Henry, Nathaniel J; McCracken, Darrah; Roberts, Nicholas L S; Sylte, Dillon O; Ahmadi, Alireza; Ahmed, Muktar Beshir; Alahdab, Fares; Alipour, Vahid; Andualem, Zewudu; Antonio, Carl Abelardo T; Arabloo, Jalal; Badiye, Ashish D; Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba; Banstola, Amrit; Bärnighausen, Till Winfried; Barzegar, Akbar; Bayati, Mohsen; Bhaumik, Soumyadeep; Bijani, Ali; Bukhman, Gene; Carvalho, Félix; Crowe, Christopher Stephen; Dalal, Koustuv; Daryani, Ahmad; Nasab, Mostafa Dianati; Do, Hoa Thi; Do, Huyen Phuc; Endries, Aman Yesuf; Fernandes, Eduarda; Filip, Irina; Fischer, Florian; Fukumoto, Takeshi; Gebremedhin, Ketema Bizuwork Bizuwork; Gebremeskel, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn; Gilani, Syed Amir; Haagsma, Juanita A; Hamidi, Samer; Hostiuc, Sorin; Househ, Mowafa; Igumbor, Ehimario U; Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen; Irvani, Seyed Sina Naghibi; Jayatilleke, Achala Upendra; Kahsay, Amaha; Kapoor, Neeti; Kasaeian, Amir; Khader, Yousef Saleh; Khalil, Ibrahim A; Khan, Ejaz Ahmad; Khazaee-Pool, Maryam; Kokubo, Yoshihiro; Lopez, Alan D; Madadin, Mohammed; Majdan, Marek; Maled, Venkatesh; Malekzadeh, Reza; Manafi, Navid; Manafi, Ali; Mangalam, Srikanth; Massenburg, Benjamin Ballard; Meles, Hagazi Gebre; Menezes, Ritesh G; Meretoja, Tuomo J; Miazgowski, Bartosz; Miller, Ted R; Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Abdollah; Mohammadpourhodki, Reza; Morrison, Shane Douglas; Negoi, Ionut; Nguyen, Trang Huyen; Nguyen, Son Hoang; Nguyen, Cuong Tat; Nixon, Molly R; Olagunju, Andrew T; Olagunju, Tinuke O; Padubidri, Jagadish Rao; Polinder, Suzanne; Rabiee, Navid; Rabiee, Mohammad; Radfar, Amir; Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa; Rawaf, Salman; Rawaf, David Laith; Rezapour, Aziz; Rickard, Jennifer; Roro, Elias Merdassa; Roy, Nobhojit; Safari-Faramani, Roya; Salamati, Payman; Samy, Abdallah M; Satpathy, Maheswar; Sawhney, Monika; Schwebel, David C; Senthilkumaran, Subramanian; Sepanlou, Sadaf G; Shigematsu, Mika; Soheili, Amin; Stokes, Mark A; Tohidinik, Hamid Reza; Tran, Bach Xuan; Valdez, Pascual R; Wijeratne, Tissa; Yisma, Engida; Zaidi, Zoubida; Zamani, Mohammad; Zhang, Zhi-Jiang; Hay, Simon I; Mokdad, Ali H;
• Is Part Of: Injury prevention. Volume 26(2020)Supplement 2
• Page Start: i36
• Page End: i45
• Publication Date: 2019-12-18
• Subjects: burn -- descriptive epidemiology -- burden of disease; Children's accidents -- Prevention -- Periodicals; Accidents -- Prevention -- Periodicals; 617.1
• DOI: 10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043299
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1353-8047

Abstract

Abstract : Background: Past research has shown how fires, heat and hot substances are important causes of health loss globally. Detailed estimates of the morbidity and mortality from these injuries could help drive preventative measures and improved access to care. Methods: We used the Global Burden of Disease 2017 framework to produce three main results. First, we produced results on incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability, deaths, years of life lost and disability-adjusted life years from 1990 to 2017 for 195 countries and territories. Second, we analysed these results to measure mortality-to-incidence ratios by location. Third, we reported the measures above in terms of the cause of fire, heat and hot substances and the types of bodily injuries that result. Results: Globally, there were 8 991 468 (7 481 218 to 10 740 897) new fire, heat and hot substance injuries in 2017 with 120 632 (101 630 to 129 383) deaths. At the global level, the age-standardised mortality caused by fire, heat and hot substances significantly declined from 1990 to 2017, but regionally there was variability in age-standardised incidence with some regions experiencing an increase (eg, Southern Latin America) and others experiencing a significant decrease (eg, High-income North America). Conclusions: The incidence and mortality of injuries that result from fire, heat and hot substances affect every region of the world but are most concentrated in middle and lower income areas. More resources should be invested in measuring these injuries as well as in improving infrastructure, advancing safety measures and ensuring access to care.