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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of combined dataset for step 1–3

From: Improved and standardized method for assessing years lived with disability after burns and its application to estimate the non-fatal burden of disease of burn injuries in Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands

Variable

Total sample (n = 3401)

European (EU) sample (n = 1649)

Western Australian (WA) sample (n = 1752)

Difference between EU and WA sample

Gender

 Male, n(%)

2412 (70.9%)

1192 (72.3%)

1220 (69.6%)

p = 0.089

Age

 Mean (SD)

41.1 (15.5)

42.0 (14.6)

40.3 (16.3)

p < 0.001

 Range

18–90 years

18–90 years

18–89 years

 

%TBSA burned

 Mean (SD)

9.6 (12.2)

13.5 (13.7)

5.9 (9.1)

p < 0.001

 Range

0–90%

0–90%

0–75%

 

%TBSA burned

 0- < 5%

1587 (46.7%)

429 (26.0%)

1158 (66.1%)

 

 5–20%

1364 (40.1%)

882 (53.5%)

482 (27.5%)

 

  > 20%

450 (13.2%)

338 (20.5%)

112 (6.4%)

 

Length of hospital stay

 Mean (SD)

16.0 (20.7)

23.1 (24.8)

9.1 (12.4)

p < 0.001

 Range

0–246 days

0–246 days

0–130 days

 

Nr of surgeries

 Mean (SD)

1.3 (2.1)

1.5 (2.7)

1.1 (1.2)

p = 0.013

 Range

0–35 surgeries

0–35 surgeries

0–12 surgeries

 

Nr surgery, n(%)

 0

720 (21.2%)

487 (29.5%)

233 (13.3%)

 

 1

1682 (49.5%)

608 (36.9%)

1074 (61.3%)

 

  > 1

569 (16.7%)

369 (22.4%)

200 (11.4%)

 

 Unknown

430 (12.6%)

185 (11.2%)

245 (14.0%)

 

Etiology (%)

p < 0.001

 Scald

784 (23.1%)

277 (16.8%)

507 (28.9%)

 

 Contact

282 (8.3%)

52 (3.2%)

230 (13.1%)

 

 Flame

1444 (42.5%)

753 (45.7%)

691 (39.4%)

 

 Chemical

155 (4.6%)

59 (3.6%)

96 (5.5%)

 

 Electrical

82 (2.4%)

56 (3.4%)

26 (1.5%)

 

 Other

129 (3.8%)

36 (2.2%)

94 (5.4%)

 

 Unknown

525 (15.4%)

416 (25.2%)

109 (6.2%)

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