Table 1 Etiology distribution by gender and age.

From: Epidemiology and outcome analysis of 6325 burn patients: a five-year retrospective study in a major burn center in Southwest China

Etiology

Scald

Flame

Contact

Chemical

Electricity

Explosion

Inhalation

χ2

P Value

Patients, n(%)

2893 (45.8)

2120 (33.5)

481 (7.6)

172 (2.7)

539 (8.5)

115 (1.8)

365 (5.8)

7515.8

<0.001

Gender

       

374.1

<0.001

 Male, n(%)

1614 (55.8)

1562 (73.7)

329 (68.4)

137 (79.7)

483 (89.6)

98 (85.2)

274 (75.1)

  

 Female, n(%)

1279 (44.2)

558 (26.3)

152 (31.6)

35 (20.3)

56 (10.4)

17 (14.8)

91 (24.9)

  

M:F Ratio

1.3:1

2.8:1

2.2:1

3.9:1

8.6:1

5.8:1

3.0:1

  

Age (years)

       

2360.6

<0.001

 0–6, n

1861

230

44

11

46

3

25

  

 7–20, n

169

203

40

10

68

22

35

  

 21–40, n

308

741

169

73

191

36

104

  

 41–60, n

430

723

170

73

209

52

166

  

 61–80, n

111

203

52

5

25

2

32

  

 81–100, n

14

20

6

0

0

0

3