Table 1.
Distribution of child burn mortality rate and potential lives saved by region and income level.
| Region and income level (N countries) | Deaths 1–14 y |
Population 1–14 y |
Mortality rate per 100,000 (min–max) |
Potential lives savedb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All (N = 103)a | 43,992 | 1,740,000,000 | 2.5 (0–9.5) | 33,081 |
| High income (N = 39) | 1069 | 176,000,000 | 0.6 (0–2.1) | Reference |
| Middle income (N = 49) | 13,052 | 903,000,000 | 1.4 (0.2–8.1) | 7224 |
| Low income (N = 15) | 29,871 | 663,000,000 | 4.5 (0.1–9.5) | 25,857 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa (N = 15) | 30,655 | 685,000,000 | 4.5 (1.0–9.5) | 13,671 |
| High income (N = 0) | – | – | – | |
| Middle income (N = 5) | 873 | 34,000,000 | 2.5 (1.2–4.5) | Reference |
| Low income (N = 10) | 29,782 | 651,000,000 | 4.6 (0.9–9.5) | 13,671 |
| South Asia (N = 8) | 9190 | 364,000,000 | 2.5 (0.3–2.6) | – |
| High income (N = 0) | – | – | – | |
| Middle income (N = 5) | 9104 | 353,000,000 | 2.6 (0.3–2.6) | – |
| Low income (N = 3) | 86 | 10,300,000 | 0.8 (0.3–0.9) | – |
| Latin America and the Caribbean (N = 18) | 526 | 75,700,000 | 0.6 (0.2–4.9) | 297 |
| High income (N = 2) | 2 | 961,989 | 0.2 (0.2–0.2) | Reference |
| Middle income (N = 15) | 522 | 73,900,000 | 0.6 (0.2–4.9) | 296 |
| Low income (N = 1) | 2.5 | 855,187 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Eastern Europe/Central Asia (N = 18) | 721 | 41,900,000 | 1.8 (0–3.1) | 121 |
| High income (N = 6) | 402 | 21,700,000 | 1.4 (0–2.1) | Reference |
| Middle income (N = 12) | 319 | 20,200,000 | 2.0 (0.2–3.1) | 121 |
| Low income (N = 0) | – | – | – | – |
| Asia East, South East and Pacific (N = 12) | 1712 | 374,000,000 | 0.5 (0–8.1) | – |
| High income (N = 4) | 15 | 3,698,756 | 0.3 (0–0.5) | – |
| Middle income (N = 7) | 1697 | 369,000,000 | 0.5 (0.2–0.4) | – |
| Low income (N = 1) | 1 | 791,218 | 0.1 (0.3–8.1) | – |
| Middle East and North Africa (N = 4) | 7 | 3,135,905 | 0.2 (0.2–0.3) | 1 |
| High income (N = 1) | 4 | 1,978,422 | 0.2 | Reference |
| Middle income (N = 3) | 3 | 1,157,483 | 0.3 (0.2–0.3) | 1 |
| Low income (N = 0) | – | – | – | – |
| Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) (N = 33) | 1185 | 200,900,000 | 0.6 (0.1–2.5) | 356 |
| High income (N = 30 | 650 | 150,000,000 | 0.4 (0.1–1.2) | Reference |
| Middle income (N = 3) | 535 | 50,900,000 | 1.1 (0.2–2.5) | 356 |
a
Certain countries may fall under different categories, so the total n countries may not add up to 103.
b
This was calculated using the lowest child burn mortality rate in each region which showed a graded relationship between income level and burn deaths, therefore the analysis was not conducted in South Asia and Asia East, South East and Pacific.