Researchers analyzed the demographic and socio-cultural aspects of burn patients and the etiological factors causing burns in the Indian state of Jammu.

The study said, "70% of the burn victims are in the most productive age group of 15-40 years and most of the patients belong to the poor socio-economic strata. Nearly 1-1.5 lakh people become crippled and require multiple surgical procedures, and prolonged rehabilitation. 50% of those hospitalized succumb to their injuries. In the entire duration the distribution of burns according to gender remained almost constant with a clear female predominance. In terms of ethnicity, a clear majority of Hindu patients was observed throughout the years. The incidence in Hindus was found to be 81%."
Mahesh Mangal, chairperson of the department of plastic surgery at the Delhi-based Gangaram hospital said, "Most burn victims we find are females and the reasons behind it are the highly inflammable dresses they wear, unsafe conditions in the kitchen and most importantly dowry-related misbehavior meted out to daughters-in-law."
The study titled, ’Burns in Jammu: Retrospective analysis from a regional center’, will be published in Current Medicine Research and Practice.
Source-Medindia