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Epidemiology and prevention of burns throughout the world

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Injury is the physical damage that results when a human body is suddenly subjected to energy in amounts that exceed the threshold of physiological tolerance [23]. Injury is public health problem — out of every ten deaths in the world, one is due to injury [232]. Injuries are the fourth leading cause of death in men throughout the world (nearly 12 % of total deaths) after cardiovascular, infectious and neoplastic diseases. For example, injuries are the leading cause of death in men aged 15–59 in Latin America and the Caribbean [232]. Although progress is being made against many illnesses, the incidence of injuries is decreasing at rate slower than the reduction in illness in high-income countries (HIC). In lowand middle-income countries (LMIC), both death and disability from injuries is increasing very rapidly. In LMIC of Americas, Europe and Eastern Mediterranean Regions, more than 30 % of DALYs among men aged 15–44 years was from injury.1 [232]

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