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. 2022 Aug 16;22:147. doi: 10.1186/s12873-022-00705-6

Table 2.

Burn-related emergency department encounters, stratified by burn type and region

Encounter With Transfer (N = 108,583) Encounter Without Transfer (N = 2,939,117) Total (N = 3,047,701)
N % N % N
940 Burns confined to eye and adnexa 2475 1.6% 152,535 98.4% 155,010
941 Burns of face, head, and neck 29,192 9.5% 279,084 90.5% 308,277
942 Burns of trunk 18,628 6.9% 250,420 93.1% 269,047
943 Burns of upper limb, except wrist and hand 24,887 5.3% 448,624 94.7% 473,511
944 Burns of wrist(s) and hands(s) 27,402 3.7% 716,369 96.3% 743,771
945 Burns of lower limb(s) 19,680 4.2% 454,530 95.8% 474,210
946 Burns of multiple specified sites 3961 17.2% 19,037 82.8% 22,998
947.1 Burn of larynx, trachea, and lungs 373 17.7% 1739 82.3% 2112
947.9 Burn of internal organ unspecified 77 11.8% 574 88.2% 651
TBSA
948.0, <10% 18,161 2.7% 645,464 97.3% 663,625
948.1, 10–19% 8152 19.1% 34,427 80.9% 42,579
948.2, 20–29% 3612 30.5% 8228 69.5% 11,840
948.3, 30–39% 1909 34.8% 3583 65.2% 5492
948.4, 40–49% 867 31.2% 1915 68.8% 2782
948.5, 50–59% 550 31.6% 1189 68.3% 1740
948.6, 60–69% 301 30.8% 675 69.2% 976
948.7, 70–79% 255 27.8% 663 72.2% 918
948.8, 80–89% 63 11.8% 470 88.2% 533
948.9, >90% 237 6.3% 3500 93.7% 3737
949 Burn, unspecified 997 2.8% 34,388 97.2% 35,385
506 Respiratory conditions due to chemical fumes and vapors 699 1.5% 47,373 98.5% 48,072
692.71 Sunburn 488 0.3% 148,107 99.7% 148,595
692.76 Second Degree sunburn 127 0.4% 34,535 99.6% 34,662
692.77 Third Degree Sunburn 3 0.7% 400 99.0% 404