Fire fatalities among children: an analysis across Philadelphia's census tracts

Income, Housing, and Fire Injuries: A Census Tract Analysis

“…Research has indicated that older houses are often associated with fire injuries. 10 Some of the causes are direct. Older houses were built when there was less demand for electricity, and therefore have fewer original electrical outlets.…”

“…A study of residential fires resulting in child fatalities in Philadelphia found that houses cited for health and safety violations often had faulty wiring, misuse of electrical cords, space heaters, unsafe exit doors and windows, and disabled smoke alarms. 10 Sometimes residents added bars on windows and doors, which were intended to solve problems of crime but actually created injuries in the case of fires by impeding escape. 10 Residents of poor neighborhoods may have fewer fire protection devices such as smoke alarms, and both tenants and landlords are less likely to maintain those that are installed.…”

“…10 Sometimes residents added bars on windows and doors, which were intended to solve problems of crime but actually created injuries in the case of fires by impeding escape. 10 Residents of poor neighborhoods may have fewer fire protection devices such as smoke alarms, and both tenants and landlords are less likely to maintain those that are installed. 17 The presence of sprinklers, smoke alarms, and fire extinguishers greatly increases the chance of surviving a fire without injury.…”

Characteristics of Side-by-Side Vehicle Crashes and Related Injuries as Determined Using Newspaper Reports from Nine U.S. States

“…Newspaper reports have been utilized to provide surveillance data on a number of injury-related problems including fires, drowning, farm injuries, motor vehicle crashes, and gun violence [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. From our work with ATVs [19,20], we recognized the difficulty in trying to differentiate off-road vehicles from one another using hospital data, as these vehicles were all designated by the same e-code (supplemental codes in the International Classification of Diseases used by health care providers to classify external causes of injury).…”

Interventions to Prevent Residential Fire Injury

“…For children 1-4 years of age, fi res and burns are the 6th leading cause of death and result in almost 63,000 emergency department visits (CDC, 2005). Fatal fi re injuries among children are often (30-60%) due to playing with fi re, and playing with fi re is the leading cause of fatal residential fi re injuries for preschool children (Hall, 2003;Istre, McCoy, Carlin, & McClain, 2002;Shai & Lupinacci, 2003).…”