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This study leverages patient data from a regional burn center serving Texas and New Mexico to evaluate whether national indices of social vulnerability accurately predict in-hospital mortality among patients with burn injuries from underserved areas. We conducted a retrospective cohort study of 1841 patients treated for burn injuries over a 5-year period (2019-2024). Sixteen ZIP code\u2013level SDOH metrics including Social Vulnerability Index and socioeconomic status (SES) were quantified. Univariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed to assess the impact of SDOH on mortality. Patients were stratified into quartiles to explore dose\u2013response relationships. In univariate analysis, higher SES scores (indicating greater deprivation) were the strongest SDOH metric associated with mortality (odds ratio [OR]\u2009=\u20096.28, P = .0018). In multivariable analysis, patients in the most deprived SES quartile (Q4) had more than double the odds of mortality compared to the least deprived (Q1) (OR\u2009=\u20092.20, P = .0199). Significant clinical predictors included age, second- and third-degree TBSA, alcohol use disorder, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and obesity. Social Vulnerability Index was not independently associated with mortality after adjustment. Socioeconomic status was an independent predictor of in-hospital burn mortality in this regional cohort after adjusting for clinical factors. Other aggregate scores poorly predicted mortality after controlling for clinical variables. This is potentially due to the influence of urban demographics of these indices. 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