Fire-related deaths in India in 2001: a retrospective analysis of data

Sanghavi, Prachi; Bhalla, Kavi; Das, Veena

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(09)60235-x

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“…For instance, one study in India showed that in 2001, females accounted for 106,000 of the 163,000 burnassociated deaths in that country (64). Similarly, a study in South Africa showed that females had higher rates of hospital admission (45%) and a higher rate of mortality (22%) than did their male counterparts (55).…”

Section: Disaggregated Injury Datamentioning

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Unintentional Injuries: Magnitude, Prevention, and Control

Ramirez

Hyder

Herbert

et al. 2012

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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The World Health Organization estimates injuries accounted for more than 5 million deaths in 2004, significantly impacting the global burden of disease. Nearly 3.9 million of these deaths were due to unintentional injury, a cause also responsible for more than 138 million disabilityadjusted life years (DALYs) lost in the same year. More than 90% of the DALYs lost occur in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), highlighting the disproportionate burden that injuries place on developing countries. This article examines the health and social impact of injury, injury data availability, and injury prevention interventions. By proposing initiatives to minimize the magnitude of death and disability due to unintentional injuries, particularly in LMICs, this review serves as a call to action for further investment in injury surveillance, prevention interventions, and health systems strengthening.

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Section: Disaggregated Injury Datamentioning

confidence: 99%

Unintentional Injuries: Magnitude, Prevention, and Control

Ramirez

Hyder

Herbert

et al. 2012

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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“…In such countries, CRVS data is frequently incomplete and/or include large numbers of deaths attributed to unknown causes . Other data sources on injuries and accidents include police reports and hospital records, but both sources are affected by under-reporting (Abegaz et al 2014;Sanghavi, Bhalla, and Das 2009;Sango et al 2016). For example, large numbers of accident victims may never be transported to a hospital.…”

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Estimating mortality from external causes using data from retrospective surveys: A validation study in Niakhar (Senegal)

Pison¹,

Masquelier²,

Kanté³

et al. 2018

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“…Direct Indian estimates of unintentional injury deaths relying on annual National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports of injury deaths from police records showed only 0.3 million injury deaths in 2005 [2], but police record are subject to under-reporting and misclassification [3][4][5]. Other sources of mortality data from selected health centres in rural areas [6], and selected urban hospitals [7] are not representative of the population of India, and have other methodological limitations [8].…”

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Unintentional Injury Mortality in India, 2005: Nationally Representative Mortality Survey of 1.1 Million Homes

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Background: Unintentional injuries are an important cause of death in India. However, no reliable nationally representative estimates of unintentional injury deaths are available. Thus, we examined unintentional injury deaths in a nationally representative mortality survey. Methods: Trained field staff interviewed a living relative of those who had died during 2001-03. The verbal autopsy reports were sent to two of the130 trained physicians, who independently assigned an ICD-10 code to each death. Discrepancies were resolved through reconciliation and adjudication. Proportionate cause specific mortality was used to produce national unintentional injury mortality estimates based on United Nations population and death estimates. Results: In 2005, unintentional injury caused 648 000 deaths (7% of all deaths; 58/100 000 population). Unintentional injury mortality rates were higher among males than females, and in rural versus urban areas. Road traffic injuries (185 000 deaths; 29% of all unintentional injury deaths), falls (160 000 deaths, 25%) and drowning (73 000 deaths, 11%) were the three leading causes of unintentional injury mortality, with fire-related injury causing 5% of these deaths. The highest unintentional mortality rates were in those aged 70years or older (410/100 000).

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Fire-related deaths in India in 2001: a retrospective analysis of data

Cited by 115 publications

References 23 publications

Unintentional Injuries: Magnitude, Prevention, and Control

Unintentional Injuries: Magnitude, Prevention, and Control

Estimating mortality from external causes using data from retrospective surveys: A validation study in Niakhar (Senegal)

Unintentional Injury Mortality in India, 2005: Nationally Representative Mortality Survey of 1.1 Million Homes

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