Table 1 Demographics of isolated foot burns by mechanism of injury
Total group | Mechanism | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Contact | Scald | Friction | Flame | Chemical | Other | |||||||||
Patients, n (%) | 214 | 100.0% | 135 | 63.1% | 51 | 23.8% | 16 | 7.5% | 5 | 2.3% | 5 | 2.3% | 2 | 0.9% |
Gender, n (%) | ||||||||||||||
ᅟMale | 134 | 62.6% | 91 | 67.4% | 27 | 52.9% | 9 | 56.2% | 5 | 100.0% | 1 | 20.0% | 1 | 50.0% |
ᅟFemale | 80 | 37.3% | 44 | 32.5% | 24 | 47.1% | 7 | 43.8% | – | – | 4 | 80.0% | 1 | 50.0% |
Median age months (IQR) | 30.3 | 0.6–178 | 30.3 | 9.4–172.8 | 22.1 | 1.6–174.5 | 70.5 | 15–178 | 136.4 | 39.3–176.7 | 15.6 | 0.6–84 | 51.5 | 33.2–70.5 |
Age groups, n (%) | ||||||||||||||
ᅟ<1 year | 80 | 37.3% | 47 | 34.8% | 28 | 54.9% | 2 | 12.5% | – | – | 3 | 60.0% | – | – |
ᅟ1–<4 years | 55 | 25.7% | 40 | 29.6% | 9 | 17.6% | 3 | 18.8% | 1 | 20.0% | 1 | 20.0% | 1 | 50.0% |
ᅟ4–<11 years | 60 | 28.0% | 42 | 31.1% | 8 | 15.7% | 7 | 43.8% | 1 | 20.0% | 1 | 20.0% | 1 | 50.0% |
ᅟ11–15 years | 19 | 8.9% | 6 | 4.4% | 6 | 11.7% | 4 | 25.0% | 3 | 60.0% | – | – | – | – |