TY - JOUR PY - 2019// TI - 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 JO - Injury prevention A1 - James, Spencer L. A1 - Lucchesi, Lydia R. A1 - Bisignano, Catherine A1 - Castle, Chris D. A1 - Dingels, Zachary V. A1 - Fox, Jack T. A1 - Hamilton, Erin B. A1 - Henry, Nathaniel J. A1 - McCracken, Darrah A1 - Roberts, Nicholas L. S. A1 - Sylte, Dillon O. A1 - Ahmadi, Alireza A1 - Ahmed, Muktar Beshir A1 - Alahdab, Fares A1 - Alipour, Vahid A1 - Andualem, Zewudu A1 - Antonio, Carl Abelardo T. A1 - Arabloo, Jalal A1 - Badiye, Ashish D. A1 - Bagherzadeh, Mojtaba A1 - Banstola, Amrit A1 - Bärnighausen, Till Winfried A1 - Barzegar, Akbar A1 - Bayati, Mohsen A1 - Bhaumik, Soumyadeep A1 - Bijani, Ali A1 - Bukhman, Gene A1 - Carvalho, Felix A1 - Crowe, Christopher Stephen A1 - Dalal, Koustuv A1 - Daryani, Ahmad A1 - Nasab, Mostafa Dianati A1 - Do, Hoa Thi A1 - Do, Huyen Phuc A1 - Endries, Aman Yesuf A1 - Fernandes, Eduarda A1 - Filip, Irina A1 - Fischer, Florian A1 - Fukumoto, Takeshi A1 - Gebremedhin, Ketema Bizuwork Bizuwork A1 - Gebremeskel, Gebreamlak Gebremedhn A1 - Gilani, Syed Amir A1 - Haagsma, Juanita A. A1 - Hamidi, Samer A1 - Hostiuc, Sorin A1 - Househ, Mowafa A1 - Igumbor, Ehimario U. A1 - Ilesanmi, Olayinka Stephen A1 - Irvani, Seyed Sina Naghibi A1 - Jayatilleke, Achala Upendra A1 - Kahsay, Amaha A1 - Kapoor, Neeti A1 - Kasaeian, Amir A1 - Khader, Yousef Saleh A1 - Khalil, Ibrahim A. A1 - Khan, Ejaz Ahmad A1 - Khazaee-Pool, Maryam A1 - Kokubo, Yoshihiro A1 - Lopez, Alan D. A1 - Madadin, Mohammed A1 - Majdan, Marek A1 - Maled, Venkatesh A1 - Malekzadeh, Reza A1 - Manafi, Navid A1 - Manafi, Ali A1 - Mangalam, Srikanth A1 - Massenburg, Benjamin Ballard A1 - Meles, Hagazi Gebre A1 - Menezes, Ritesh G. A1 - Meretoja, Tuomo J. A1 - Miazgowski, Bartosz A1 - Miller, Ted R. A1 - Mohammadian-Hafshejani, Abdollah A1 - Mohammadpourhodki, Reza A1 - Morrison, Shane Douglas A1 - Negoi, Ionut A1 - Nguyen, Trang Huyen A1 - Nguyen, Son Hoang A1 - Nguyen, Cuong Tat A1 - Nixon, Molly R. A1 - Olagunju, Andrew T. A1 - Olagunju, Tinuke O. A1 - Padubidri, Jagadish Rao A1 - Polinder, Suzanne A1 - Rabiee, Navid A1 - Rabiee, Mohammad A1 - Radfar, Amir A1 - Rahimi-Movaghar, Vafa A1 - Rawaf, Salman A1 - Rawaf, David Laith A1 - Rezapour, Aziz A1 - Rickard, Jennifer A1 - Roro, Elias Merdassa A1 - Roy, Nobhojit A1 - Safari-Faramani, Roya A1 - Salamati, Payman A1 - Samy, Abdallah M. A1 - Satpathy, Maheswar A1 - Sawhney, Monika A1 - Schwebel, David C. A1 - Senthilkumaran, Subramanian A1 - Sepanlou, Sadaf G. A1 - Shigematsu, Mika A1 - Soheili, Amin A1 - Stokes, Mark A. A1 - Tohidinik, Hamid Reza A1 - Tran, Bach Xuan A1 - Valdez, Pascual R. A1 - Wijeratne, Tissa A1 - Yisma, Engida A1 - Zaidi, Zoubida A1 - Zamani, Mohammad A1 - Zhang, Zhi-Jiang A1 - Hay, Simon I. A1 - Mokdad, Ali H. SP - ePub EP - ePub VL - ePub IS - ePub N2 - 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.

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LA - en SN - 1353-8047 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2019-043299 ID - ref1 ER -