MacKay A, Halpern J, McLoughlin E, Locke J, Crawford J D
Am J Public Health. 1979 Nov;69(11):1146-50. doi: 10.2105/ajph.69.11.1146.
We measured burn incidence rates for residents of five Massachusetts cities. The data set included all non-occupational burn injuries and cases of smoke inhalation requiring treatment on an inpatient or an outpatient basis in a hospital, occurring between October 1, 1973 and September 30, 1976. Rates of burn injuries by age, and by burn type were calculated for each city. Examination of the data revealed large differences in the magnitude of the age-specific incidence rates among cities but remarkably similar patterns of rates for each city. Differences in the economic status among the cities and among census tracts within the cities appeared to explain a large proportion of the variation in the crude burn rates. A similar specificity of certain types of burn injury by age and sex was common to each city. These findings can be used by health education specialists to design and implement burn prevention programs in these communities appropriate for those individuals at highest risk.
我们对马萨诸塞州五个城市的居民烧伤发生率进行了测量。数据集包括1973年10月1日至1976年9月30日期间发生的所有非职业性烧伤伤害以及需要在医院进行住院或门诊治疗的吸入烟雾病例。计算了每个城市按年龄和烧伤类型划分的烧伤发生率。对数据的检查发现，各城市之间特定年龄发病率的大小存在很大差异，但每个城市的发病率模式却非常相似。城市之间以及城市内普查区之间的经济状况差异似乎可以解释粗烧伤率差异的很大一部分。每个城市中按年龄和性别划分的某些类型烧伤伤害具有相似的特异性。健康教育专家可以利用这些发现，在这些社区中为高危人群设计并实施合适的烧伤预防项目。
