Table 2: Burn etiology by age-group
From: Characteristics of 985 pediatric burn patients in the south of Liaoning province of China
Age-group | Scalding n (%) | Flames n (%) | Firecrackers n (%) | Chemicals n (%) | Electrical n (%) | Others n (%) | Total n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Infant | 604 (68.25) | 5 (9.62) | 1 (5.56) | 3 (75.00) | 0 (0.00) | 9 (64.29) | 622 (63.15) |
Kindergarten | 211 (23.84) | 10 (19.23) | 2 (11.11) | 0 (0.00) | 5 (41.67) | 3 (21.43) | 231 (23.45) |
School age | 70 (7.91) | 37 (71.15) | 15 (83.33) | 1 (25.00) | 7 (58.33) | 2 (14.29) | 132 (13.40) |
Total | 885 (89.85) | 52 (5.28) | 18 (1.83) | 4 (0.41) | 12 (1.22) | 14 (1.42) | 985 (100) |