Herndon D N, Rutan R L, Rutan T C
Burn Center, Humana Hospital-Augusta, GA.
J Burn Care Rehabil. 1993 Jan-Feb;14(1):3-8. doi: 10.1097/00004630-199301000-00002.
Two million people in the United States receive medical treatment each year for burn injuries. One hundred thousand of these patients are hospitalized, and 7800 die as a direct result of their injuries. Of the patients that are hospitalized 30% to 40% are under 15 years of age. Sixty-seven percent are male. The average age of children with burns is 32 months. Flame burns account for approximately 13% of accidents, scalds account for 85%, and electrical and chemical burns account for approximately 2%. The majority of scald injuries are small. Sixteen percent of burn injuries are not accidental, and approximately half of these are a result of documentable, inflicted abuse.
在美国，每年有200万人因烧伤接受治疗。其中10万人住院治疗，7800人因烧伤直接死亡。在住院患者中，30%至40%为15岁以下儿童。67%为男性。烧伤儿童的平均年龄为32个月。火焰烧伤约占事故的13%，烫伤占85%，电击伤和化学烧伤约占2%。大多数烫伤面积较小。16%的烧伤并非意外造成，其中约一半是可记录的虐待所致。
