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Prevalence Of Probable Hoarding And Associated Consequences At The Scene Of Mississippi Fires, 2009-2019, Mary E. Dozier Phd, Ben Porter Phd
Prevalence Of Probable Hoarding And Associated Consequences At The Scene Of Mississippi Fires, 2009-2019, Mary E. Dozier Phd, Ben Porter Phd
Journal of Public Health in the Deep South
Background: Increased risk for fire is an often-discussed consequence of hoarding disorder; however, the source of this association has been largely through clinicians’ accounts or hoarding patients’ self-reports.Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between probable hoarding and incidence of fires using archival data from Mississippi.Methods: Incidents of residential fires from 2009-2019 were provided by the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office. Fires that were classified as having “a significant amount of fire load present” were classified as probable hoarding fires for analysis.Results: Of the 5,194 unique residential fires identified across the study period, 96 fires (1.9% …