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Table 1 Type of burn injury comparing patients aged <5 and patients aged 5–16

From: Epidemiology of burns and scalds in children presenting to the emergency department of a regional burns unit: a 7-year retrospective study

 

All patients (n = 1387)

Patients aged <5 (n = 890)

Patients aged 5–16 (n = 497)

p value

Scald

569 (41.0 %)

374 (42.0 %)

195 (39.2 %)

0.333

Contact

563 (40.6 %)

397 (44.6 %)

166 (33.4 %)

0.001

Chemical

128 (9.2 %)

79 (8.9 %)

49 (9.9 %)

0.562

Radiation

51 (4 %)

15 (1.7 %)

36 (7.2 %)

0.001

Flame

43 (3.7 %)

9 (1.0 %)

34 (6.8 %)

0.001

Electrical

17 (1.2 %)

7 (0.8 %)

10 (2.0 %)

0.071

Friction

16 (1.1 %)

9 (1.0 %)

7 (1.4 %)

0.601