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Table 3 Mortality, TBSA burnt and hospital stay in included studies

From: Epidemiology of burn injuries in the East Mediterranean Region: a systematic review

Year

Country

Patients

Mortality %

Mean (Median) %TBSA burnt

Stay in days

Mean (median)

    

All

Deaths

Survivors

 

1998

Iran[48]

All ages

37.0

38

-

-

12.0

2001

Iran[19]

All ages

34.4

42 (35)

67 (67)

27 (25)

-

2002

Iran[18]

All ages

33.0

48 (40)

73 (88)

-

13.0 (9.0)

1997

Egypt[29]

All ages

33.0

-

-

-

16.2 (19.5)

2006

Pakistan[35]

All ages

30.0

-

-

-

-

2005

Iran[24]

All ages

21.3

-

-

-

-

2005

Iran[20]

All ages

18.7

26

65

17

12.0

2002

Afghanistan[36]

All ages

16.0

19 (15)

-

-

11.0 (7.0)

1997

Kuwait[69]

All ages

6.4

-

70

20

16.0

1997

Saudi Arabia[33]

All ages

5.6

23

-

-

-

2005

Kuwait[32]

All ages

5.3

10

80

10

-

2002

Iran[67]

>6 years

37.0

38

-

-

16.0

2002

Iran[27]

Children

17.2

30

-

-

-

2001

Iran[25]

Children

16.0

26 (23)

48

22

15.8

2005

Iran[50]

Children

6.4

19

-

-

-

1997

Saudi Arabia[71]

children

2.8

15

70

-

20.4

2006

Kuwait[26]

Children

1.3

(13)

-

-

14.6

2004

Saudi Arabia

Children

1.0

-

-

-

8.5

1997

Kuwait

Children

1.0

14

-

-

16.9

2003

Egypt[47]

Elderly

49.0

22

-

-

22.0

2006

Iran[57]

Pregnant

39.2

38

69

18

-

1997

Egypt[72]

Women

39.0

-

-

-

-