Table II.
Demographics and death in work-related burn patients
| Variables | Non-survivor (n=48) N (%) |
Survivor (n=347) N (%) |
OR (95% CI) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | ||||
| 16-30 | 20 (41.7) | 179 (51.6) | Ref | |
| 31-45 | 15 (31.2) | 117 (33.7) | 0.6 (0.2-1.4) | 0.33 |
| 46-60 | 10 (20.8) | 49 (14.1) | 0.5 (0.2-1.5) | |
| ≥61 | 3 (6.2) | 2 (0.6) | 1.2 (0.3-4.3) | |
| Gender (*) | ||||
| Male | 39 (87.5) | 271 (78.1) | 1.9 (0.8-3.5) | 0.08 |
| Female | 9 (12.5) | 76 (21.9) | Ref | |
| Place of residence | ||||
| Rural | 22 (45.8) | 31 (8.9) | 1.2 (0.9-2.7) Ref | 0.27 |
| Urban | 20 (54.2) | 316 (91.1) | ||
| Socio-professional categories | ||||
| Executives | 7 (14.6) | 46 (13.3) | Ref | |
| Workers | 41 (85.4) | 3014 (86,7) | 1.2 (0.5-2.1) | 0.35 |
| Mechanism of injury (*) | ||||
| Scald | 1 (2.1) | 54 (15.6) | 0.8 (0.3-2.8) | 0.19 |
| Flames | 28 (58.3) | 154 (44.4) | Ref | |
| Electric current | 18 (37.5) | 118(34) | 1.9 (0.5-3.9) | |
| Chemical agent | 1 (2.1) | 21(6) | 0.7 (0.2-2.3) | |
| The seasonal distribution | ||||
| Spring | 13 (27.1) | 81 (23.3) | Ref | |
| Summer | 10 (20.8) | 88 (25.4) | 0.7 (0.2-1.8) | 0.85 |
| Autumn | 13 (27.1) | 100 (28.8) | 0.8 (0.3-2) | |
| Winter | 12(35) | 78 (22.5) | 0.9 (0.4-2.4) |
(*): The selected variable for multivariate analysis