Table 3.

Univariate and multivariate associations between patient, injury and admission-related characteristics with in-hospital mortality for flame burn patients admitted at Tygerberg Hospital burns centre in 2015 and 2016 (n = 263).

			Mortality		Crude		Adjusted
			n	%	Odds Ratios	95% CI	Odds Ratios	95% CI
Patient characteristics
Gender
	Men (n = 175)		39	22.3	Ref		Ref
	Women (n = 88)		34	38.6	2.2	1.3–3.8	3.77	1.7–8.5
Injury characteristics
Burn depth
	Superficial or Mid Partial (n = 73)		7	9.6	Ref		Ref
	Deep Partial or Full thickness (n = 164)		59	36.0	5.3	2.3–12.3	1.6	0.6–4.2
	No information (n = 26)		7	26.9	3.5	1.1–11.2	1.8	0.4–7.7
Burn size
	By percentage increase TBSA (n = 263)		73	27.7	1.1	1.07–1.13	1.1	1.08–1.14
Inhalational injury
	No (n = 99)		12	12.1	Ref		Ref
	Yes (n = 164)		61	37.2	4.3	2.2–8.5	1.2	0.5–3.1
Admission-related characteristics
Referral status
	Referred (n = 223)		53	23.8	Ref		Ref
	Not referred (n = 40)		20	50.0	3.2	1.6–6.4	2.8	1.1–7.4