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The outcome was emergency department visits and hospitalisations for burn injury measured as an annual burn injury rate per 100\u2009000 population. Burn injury rates were stratified by age, sex and sociodemographic factors. Trends in burn injury were estimated using Quasi-Poisson regression.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> \u2014 Between 2003 and 2022,\u2009there were 79\u2009782 reported paediatric burn injuries. Children with a burn injury had a median age of 4.0 years (IQR 1.0\u201312.0)\u2009and 44\u2009191 (55%) were male. The overall paediatric burn injury incidence rate declined 37% (165 to 104\u2009burns\/100,000 population; rate ratio 0.98, 95% CI 0.98 to 0.98) with similar rates of decline observed among males and females. Among specific sociodemographic groups, large declines in incidence rates were observed in individuals aged 13\u201317 years old, children of adolescent mothers and rural residents. In contrast, we observed a 91% increase (63 to 120\u2009burns\/100 000 population; rate ratio 1.04, 95%\u2009CI 1.02 to 1.06) in the burn injury incidence rate among refugee immigrants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong> \u2014 Paediatric burn incidence in Ontario has declined over twenty years, suggesting burn prevention efforts have been largely successful, with legislative prevention measures serving to equitably reduce burn injury. The rising trends of burn injury incidence rate among refugee immigrants suggest burn prevention efforts must be tailored to this population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background \u2014 The aim of this study was to measure trends in paediatric burn injury in Ontario, Canada, overall and by sociodemographic strata. Methods \u2014 Population-based, repeated cross-sectional study using linked health and administrative databases, including all individuals 0\u201317 years old in Ontario, Canada from 2003 to 2022. 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