The global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequality
Child burn mortality differs widely between regions and is closely related to material deprivation, but reports on their global distribution are few. Investigating their country level distribution in light of economic level and income inequality will help assess the potential for macro-level improve...
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doaj-28474737938241798c1e417196e75a9e2020-11-25T01:14:57ZengElsevierPreventive Medicine Reports2211-33552017-06-016C11512010.1016/j.pmedr.2017.02.024The global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequalityMathilde Sengoelge0Ziad El-Khatib1Lucie Laflamme2Karolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm, SwedenKarolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm, SwedenKarolinska Institutet, Department of Public Health Sciences, Stockholm, SwedenChild burn mortality differs widely between regions and is closely related to material deprivation, but reports on their global distribution are few. Investigating their country level distribution in light of economic level and income inequality will help assess the potential for macro-level improvements. We extracted data for child burn mortality from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013 and combined data into 1–14 years to calculate rates at country, region and income levels. We also compiled potential lives saved. Then we examined the relationship between country level gross domestic product per capita from the World Bank and income inequality (Gini Index) from the Standardized World Income Inequality Database and child burn mortality using Spearman coefficient correlations. Worldwide, the burden of child burn deaths is 2.5 per 100,000 across 103 countries with the largest burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (4.5 per 100,000). Thirty-four thousand lives could be saved yearly if all countries in the world had the same rates as the best performing group of high-income countries; the majority in low-income countries. There was a negative graded association between economic level and child burns for all countries aggregated and at regional level, but no consistent pattern existed for income inequality at regional level. The burden of child burn mortality varies by region and income level with prevention efforts needed most urgently in middle-income countries and Sub-Saharan Africa. Investment in safe living conditions and access to medical care are paramount to achieving further reductions in the global burden of preventable child burn deaths.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335517300402ChildBurnMortalityIncome inequality |
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Mathilde Sengoelge Ziad El-Khatib Lucie Laflamme The global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequality Preventive Medicine Reports Child Burn Mortality Income inequality |
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Mathilde Sengoelge Ziad El-Khatib Lucie Laflamme |
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The global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequality |
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The global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequality |
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The global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequality |
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The global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequality |
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The global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequality |
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global burden of child burn injuries in light of country level economic development and income inequality |
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Preventive Medicine Reports |
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2211-3355 |
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2017-06-01 |
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Child burn mortality differs widely between regions and is closely related to material deprivation, but reports on their global distribution are few. Investigating their country level distribution in light of economic level and income inequality will help assess the potential for macro-level improvements. We extracted data for child burn mortality from the Global Burden of Disease study 2013 and combined data into 1–14 years to calculate rates at country, region and income levels. We also compiled potential lives saved. Then we examined the relationship between country level gross domestic product per capita from the World Bank and income inequality (Gini Index) from the Standardized World Income Inequality Database and child burn mortality using Spearman coefficient correlations. Worldwide, the burden of child burn deaths is 2.5 per 100,000 across 103 countries with the largest burden in Sub-Saharan Africa (4.5 per 100,000). Thirty-four thousand lives could be saved yearly if all countries in the world had the same rates as the best performing group of high-income countries; the majority in low-income countries. There was a negative graded association between economic level and child burns for all countries aggregated and at regional level, but no consistent pattern existed for income inequality at regional level. The burden of child burn mortality varies by region and income level with prevention efforts needed most urgently in middle-income countries and Sub-Saharan Africa. Investment in safe living conditions and access to medical care are paramount to achieving further reductions in the global burden of preventable child burn deaths. |
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Child Burn Mortality Income inequality |
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