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Table 3 Mechanisms of injury in burns fatalities in Colombia

From: Epidemiologic characteristics of death by burn injury from 2000 to 2009 in Colombia, South America: a population-based study

Burn agent

Deaths

%

Electric

2695

49.5

Lightning

757

13.9

Fire

1552

28.5

Hot liquids

283

5.2

Hot gases

23

0.4

Hot solid

20

0.4

Unspecified

36

0.7

Suicides

82

1.5