*Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, S. N. Medical College, Bagalkot-587103, Karnataka, E-mail:gowrieshwarkalburgi@yahoo.co.in or drgowrijnmc@gmail.com
**Prof. and Head, Dept. of Community Medicine, JNMC, Belgaum-590 010, Karnataka, INDIA
***Prof. and Head, Dept. of Plastic Surgery, KLE Sri Prabhakar Kore Hospital, Belgaum-590 010
****Assoc. Prof, Dept. of Forensic Medicine, JNMC, Belgaum
*****Lecturer in Statistics, Dept of Community Medicine, JNMC, Belgaum-590 010, Karnataka, INDIA
Online published on 3 January, 2013.
Burn injury is a serious public health problem in developing countries. The causes vary in different communities and so this study was done to know the epidemiology and outcome of burn injuries. A one year cross sectional study was done of all the burn injury patients admitted during April 1st, 2004 to March 31st, 2005. Data was collected using a pre designed and pre tested proforma from the patients themselves or their relatives and analyzed using chi square test and percentages. A total of 76 burn injury patients were admitted. Majority were females (52.63%) and sustained burn injuries at home (p=0.000). Maximum number of females were wearing synthetic clothes (p=0.000) and suffered from flame injuries (0.006).The case fatality rate was 31.58%.Burn injuries can be reduced by bringing about regulations to develop safer cooking appliances, promoting less inflammable fabrics to be worn at home and educating the community especially women.
Burn injuries, Accidental, Flame Injuries
