Table 1

Sources used for data collection of childhood burns incidence across the UK for the period 2013–2015

		Deaths	Hospital admission (HA)	HA to burns services	Emergency attendance (EA)	GP attendances
England	Data source	ONS online publications*	APC as part of HES (national data set) through NHS digital†	iBID¶	PERUKI‡‡	CPRD ††
	Dates of data used	CY 2013, 2014, 2015	FY 2014	FY 2014	CY 2014	CY 2013, 2014, 2015
	Age range (years)	0–14	0–15	0–15	0–15	0–15
	Age bands available	<1, 1–4, 5–9, 10–15	0–4, 5–9, 10–15	Not available	0–4, 5–9, 10–15	0–4, 5–9, 10–15
Wales	Data source	ONS online publications*	APC as part of NWIS**	iBID¶	Personal communication from EDDS as part of NWIS (national data set)**	CPRD†
	Dates of data used	CY 2013, 2014, 2015	FY 2014	FY 2014	FY 2014	CY 2013, 2014, 2015
	Age range (years)	0–14	0–15	0–15	0–15	0–15
	Age bands available	<1, 1–4, 5–9, 10–15	0–4, 5–9, 10–15	Not available	0–4, 5–9, 10–15	0–4, 5–9, 10–15
Scotland	Data source	Personal communication with NRS‡	ISD as part of NSS (national data set) via Unintentional Injuries and Maternity Team	Not available	Not available	CPRD††
	Dates of data used	CY 2013, 2014, 2015	FY 2014			CY 2013, 2014, 2015
	Age range (years)	0–14	0–15			0–15
	Age bands available	<1, 1–4, 5–9, 10–15	0–4, 5–9, 10–15			0–4, 5–9, 10–15
Northern Ireland	Data source	NISRA§	HIS online publications as part of DHSSPS (national data set)‡‡	Not available	Not available	CPRD††
	Dates of data used	CY 2013, 2014, 2015	FY 2014			CY 2013, 2014, 2015
	Age range (years)	0–14	0–19			0–15
	Age bands available	<1, 1–4, 5–9, 10–15	0–4, 5–9, 10–15			0–4, 5–9, 10–15

*https://www.ons.gov.uk/.
†https://digital.nhs.uk/.
‡https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk.
§https://www.nisra.gov.uk/statistics/births-deaths-and-marriages
¶**NHS Wales Informatics Service www.wales.nhs.uk/nwis/home
APC, Admitted patient care; CPRD, Clinical Practice Research Datalink; CY, Calendar Year; DHSSPS, Department of Health, Social Services and Publish Safety Northern Ireland; EA, Emergency Attendance; EDDS, Emergency Department Data Set; FY, Financial Year; GP, General Practice; HA, Hospital Admissions; HES, Hospital Episode Statistics; HIS, Hospital Inpatient System; ISD, Information Services Division; NISRA, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; NRS, National Records Scotland; NSS, National Services Scotland; NWIS, NHS Wales informatics services; ONS, Office for National Statistics; PERUKI, Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland; iBID, International Burn Injury Database.