Place of initial attention | |
Hospital | 489 (67.9) |
Health post | 196 (27.2) |
Other | 35 (4.9) |
Delay to seek attention (hours) | |
0–4 | 521 (72.4) |
5–9 | 21 (2.9) |
10–14 | 8 (1.1) |
15–19 | 13 (1.8) |
20–24 | 32 (4.4) |
24–48 | 24 (3.3) |
48+ | 101 (14) |
Location | |
Patient's house | 558 (77.5) |
Neighbor's house | 16 (2.2) |
Relative's house | 81 (11.2) |
School | 7 (1) |
Other | 58 (8.1) |
Site inside the house* | |
Living room | 38 (5.8) |
Dining room | 27 (4.1) |
Bedroom | 57 (8.7) |
Room used for cooking | 444 (67.8) |
Bathroom | 12 (1.8) |
Other | 77 (11.8) |
Burn agent | |
Hot liquids | 535 (74.3) |
Hot water | [403 (75.4)] |
Meals | [77 (14.3)] |
Other | [55 (10.3)] |
Fire | 91 (12.7) |
Hot surfaces | 37 (5.2) |
Electricity | 27 (3.7) |
Fireworks | 24 (3.3) |
Other | 6 (0.8) |
Mechanism of exposure to hot liquids | |
Projection | 426 (79.7) |
Immersion | 109 (20.3) |
Extension (% of BSA†) | |
0–1 | 149 (20.6) |
2–3 | 154 (21.3) |
4–5 | 135 (18.8) |
6–9 | 151 (21.0) |
10–14 | 74 (10.3) |
15–19 | 21 (2.9) |
20+ | 36 (5.0) |