Table 3 Cause of burn injury and related factors among patients who visited AaBET hospital from April 1, 2019, to March 31, 2021
| Â | Cause of burn injury | P-Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scald N (%) | Flame N (%) | Electrical N (%) | Chemical N (%) | Total N (%) | ||
Overall percentage | 94,39% | 81,33.6% | 64,26.6% | 2,0.8% | 241,100% | Â |
Age group | ||||||
 < 15years | 71,67.6% | 26,24.8% | 8, 7.6% | 0,0% | 105, 43.6% | < .001 |
 15-60 years | 23, 17.4% | 52, 39.4% | 55, 41.7% | 2, 1.5% | 132, 54.8 | |
 >60years | 0,0% | 3,75% | 1,25% | 0, 0% | 4, 1.6% | |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 54,40.6% | 24, 18% | 55,41.4% | 0,0% | 133,55.2% | <.001 |
 Female | 40, 37% | 57,52.8% | 9,8.3% | 2,1.9% | 108,44.8% | |
The extent of burn injury | ||||||
 < 10% | 48,40.3% | 32,26.9% | 38,31.9% | 1,0.8% | 119,49.4% | .003 |
 10-20% | 33,55% | 17,28.3% | 9, 15% | 1, 0.5% | 60, 24.9% | |
 20-30% | 7, 22.6% | 16,51.6% | 8,25.8% | 0,0% | 31, 12.9% | |
 >30% | 6,19.4% | 16,51.6% | 9,29% | 0,0% | 31, 12.9% | |
Depth of burn injury | ||||||
 First degree | 1,100% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 0,0% | 1,0.4% | <.001 |
 Second degree Superficial | 59,61.5% | 24,25% | 12,12.5% | 1,1% | 96, 39.8% | |
 Second degree deep | 28,41.8% | 26,38.8% | 12,19.8% | 1, 1.5% | 67,27.8% | |
 Full thickness | 6, 7.8% | 31,40.3% | 40,51.9% | 0,0% | 77, 32% | |
The total length of stay in the hospital | ||||||
 Less than 20 days | 61,58.1% | 24,22.9% | 19,18.1% | 1, 0.9% | 105,43.6% | .765 |
 20 to 40 days | 21,45.7% | 12,26.1% | 13,28.3% | 0,0% | 46,19.1% | |
 40 to 60 days | 6,14.3% | 20,47.6% | 16,38.1% | 0,0% | 42, 17.4% | |
 > 60 days | 6, 7.5% | 25,31.25% | 16, 20% | 1,1.25% | 48, 60% | |