Table 1

Percentage of children of each age group involved in burns risk activities

	7/8 years (n=120)	9 years (n=82)	10 years (n=99)	11 years (n=65)	12/13 years (n=55)	Total (n=421)
Burn risk activity
Have hot drinks	69	67	68	80	87	73
Prepare hot drinks	64	79	88	92	91	81
Run own bath	69	79	68	80	84	74
Run sibling's bath	41	50	43	45	45	46
Give bath to sibling	32	35	34	29	27	32
Use elements alone	26	50	46	66	74	48
Use oven alone	21	21	26	43	44	28
Use microwave alone	64	81	86	72	86	76
Use iron alone	21	34	46	46	65	39
Use open fire alone	26	26	19	34	26	25
Use matches alone	17	31	40	63	69	39

Mean number of the 11 activities engaged in by each age group
Mean	4.5	5.5	5.6	6.5	7.0	5.6
SD	2.2	2.4	2.0	2.4	2.1	2.4