Table 3.

Comparison of burn parameters between rural and urban areas.

Parameter		Rural areas (n=90)	Urban areas (n=19)	P-value
Location of burns
Home	n (%)	62 (68.9)	12 (63.2)	0.627
Outdoors	n (%)	14 (15.6)	1 (5.2)
Workplace	n (%)	12 (13.3)	3 (15.8)
Public places	n (%)	2 (2.2)	3 (15.8)
Etiology of burns
Flame and flash	n (%)	73 (81.1)	18 (94.7)	0.236
Explosion	n (%)	9 (10.0)	0
Others*	n (%)	8 (8.9)	1 (5.3)
Seasonal distribution of burns
Spring	n (%)	11 (12.2)	4 (21.1)
Summer	n (%)	34 (37.8)	8 (42.1)	0.725
Autumn	n (%)	19 (21.1)	2 (10.5)
Winter	n (%)	26 (28.9)	5 (26.3)
Time to hospitalization
within 6 hours	n (%)	33 (36.7)	9 (47.4)	0.384
6–48 hours	n (%)	41 (45.5)	7 (36.8)
Over 48 hours	n (%)	16 (17.8)	3 (15.8)

All values are presented as numbers and percentages in parentheses.

^*Scald, electricity, and contact burns.