| Titre : | Fatal residential fires : Who dies and who survives ? (1998) |
| Auteurs : | S.W. MARSHALL ; S.I. BANGDIWALA ; J.D. BUTTS ; M.A. LINZER ; C.W. RUNYAN ; J.J. SACKS ; Department of Epidemiology. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. USA ; Injury Prevention Research Center. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | JAMA - Journal of the american medical association (vol. 279, n° 20, 1998) |
| Pagination : | 1633-1637 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Feu ; Dépistage ; Résidence principale ; Facteur risque ; Etude comparée ; Survie ; Létalité ; Etiologie ; Homme ; Etats Unis ; Amérique du Nord ; Amérique ; Traumatisme |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST SDR0xFjC. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Context. - The United States has one of the highest fire fatality rates in the developed world, and three quarters of these deaths are in residential fires. Objective. - To compare characteristics of those who die and those who survive in the same residential fire. Design. - Data on fatal residential fires were collected from the medical examiner and interviews with local fire officials. Sorting. - North Carolina. Subjects. - Persons in residential fires with at least 1 fatality in a 1-year period. Main Outcome Measure. - Dying vs surviving a fatal residential fire that occurred with more than 1 person at home. Results. - Of the 190 decedents, 124 (65%) were male, 78 (41%) were home alone, and 69 (53%) of 130 adults who had blood alcohol measured were intoxicated (blood alcohol content>22 mmol/L [100 mg/dL]). Of the 254 persons present during fires in which more than 1 person was at home, 112 died. Individuals more likely to die (high-vulnerability group) were younger than 5 years or 64 years or older, had a physical or cognitive disability, or were impaired by alcohol or other drugs (risk of death for group, odds ratio [OR], 4.01 ; 95% confidence interval [CI], 2.29-7.03). The presence of an adult with no physical or cognitive disabilities who was unimpaired by alcohol or other drugs (a potential rescuer) reduced the risk of death in the high-vulnerability group (OR, 0.49 ; 95% Cl, 0.24-0.99) but not the low-vulnerability group. (...) |
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