Deaths from electricity elec. inj.

Patients

• 96 adults and children (younger than 14 years), New Zealand

Endpoint

• burns
• respiratory paralysis
• neurological consequences (short-term, pain, headache, brain injury)
• death
• cardiovascular effects: cardiac failure

Exposure

• electric injuries/electrocution, touch current, 50/60 Hz, low voltage, high voltage ≥ 1 kV AC, occupational, personal
• power transmission line, inhouse wiring, other domestic appliance
• current entry and exit points: not specified