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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Surg. 2012 May;78(5):559–566.

Table 1.

Frequency and Percentage Distribution of Study Population Characteristics, by Discharge Status and Overall

Discharged Alive
Discharged Deceased
Total
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
Total 84,156 100.00 3,509 100.00 87,665 100.00
Race (chi-squared P value < 0.0001)
 African American 14,984 17.81 536 15.28 15,520 17.70
 Asian 1,456 1.73 49 1.40 1505 1.72
 White 45,000 53.47 2,022 57.62 47,022 53.64
 Hispanic 9,511 11.30 226 6.44 9737 11.11
 Native American 517 0.61 17 0.48 534 0.61
 Other 1,952 2.32 77 2.19 2,029 2.31
 Unknown 10,736 12.76 582 16.59 11,318 12.91
Gender (chi-squared P value < 0.0001)
 Male 57,730 68.60 2,356 67.14 60,086 68.54
 Female 26,426 31.40 1,153 32.86 27,579 31.46
Age group (chi-squared P value < 0.0001)
 5 years or less 7,152 8.50 82 2.34 7,234 8.25
 5 to 15 years 10,448 12.42 89 2.54 10,537 12.02
 15 to 25 years 15,415 18.32 491 13.99 15,906 18.14
 25 to 35 years 12,867 15.29 377 10.74 13,244 15.11
 35 to 45 years 12,953 15.39 398 11.34 13,351 15.23
 45 to 55 years 10,773 12.80 455 12.97 11,228 12.81
 55 to 65 years 6,192 7.36 399 11.37 6,591 7.52
 65 to 75 years 3,585 4.26 370 10.54 3,955 4.51
 >75 years 4,771 5.67 848 24.17 5,619 6.41
Inhalation injury (chi-squared P value < 0.0001)
 Yes 2,615 3.11 640 18.24 3,255 3.71
 No 81,541 96.89 2,869 81.76 84,410 96.29
Total burn size percentage group (chi-squared P value < 0.0001)
 0% or unknown 49,089 58.33 2,331 66.43 51,420 58.66
 >0–5% 19,129 22.73 73 2.08 19,202 21.90
 >5–25% 13,743 16.33 337 9.60 14,080 16.06
 >25–50% 1,705 2.03 305 8.69 2,010 2.29
 > 50% 490 0.58 463 13.19 953 1.09
Full thickness burn size percentage group (chi-squared P value < 0.0001)
 0% or unknown 73,737 87.62 2,572 73.30 76,309 87.05
 >0% to 5% 6,523 7.75 105 2.99 6,628 7.56
 >5–10% 1,719 2.04 78 2.22 1,797 2.05
 >10–20% 1,133 1.35 140 3.99 1,273 1.45
 >20–50% 821 0.98 288 8.21 1,109 1.27
 >50% 223 0.26 326 9.29 549 0.63