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Table 5 Crude (observed) rates of hospitalisations for specified conditions per 100 person-years in the first 5 years after burn injury

From: A population-based comparison study of the mental health of patients with intentional and unintentional burns

 

Year after burn injury

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Mood disorders (rate per 100 person-years)

   

 Self-harm burn

133.1

86.1

68.7

37.4

21.8

 Assault burn

6.6

3.8

7.9

5.8

1.4

 Unintentional burn

1.2

0.9

0.8

0.9

0.8

Anxiety related disorders (rate per 100 person-years)

 Self-harm burn

57.2

61.4

33.4

39.0

17.5

 Assault burn

3.0

1.1

0.6

3.2

2.7

 Unintentional burn

1.3

0.8

0.8

1.2

0.6

Psychotic disorders (rate per 100 person-years)

 Self-harm burn

18.1

10.2

12.1

10.0

12.8

 Assault burn

1.0

1.6

0.6

0.0

0.7

 Unintentional burn

0.9

0.7

0.7

0.6

0.7

Mental and behavioural disorders due to drugs/alcohol (rate per 100 person-years)

 Self-harm burn

17.1

8.5

7.8

7.7

4.3

 Assault burn

3.0

8.8

6.1

3.2

8.1

 Unintentional burn

1.9

1.4

1.3

1.0

0.9

Self-harm (rate per 100 person-years)

 Self-harm burn

62.4

42.0

31.7

32.0

28.2

 Assault burn

3.0

2.7

1.8

1.9

3.4

 Unintentional burn

0.9

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.5