A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF BURN INJURIES AT 2 BURNS CENTERS IN DENMARK

In order to compare the epidemiology of burns and predisposing factors to bums at two burn centres representing the cities of Aarhus and Cop enhagen, Denmark, a prospective study was set up at the University Dep artment of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Aarhus and the Centre of Plastic Surgery and Burns Unit, Hvidovre Hospital, Denmark. Several significant differences in the epidemiology of burns in the two popul ations were found. Considering the social circumstances, the situation in Aarhus was characterized by the fact that most patients lived in t heir own houses, had a larger family and a larger family income. At th e Hvidovre Hospital, the patients more often lived in a flat, had a sm aller family and a lower family income than the average.