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Table 5 Distribution of study population by age category and average TBSA (n = 294)

From: A profile of hospital-admitted paediatric burns patients in South Africa

AGE CATEGORY

n

0.5-20%

21%-40%

41%-60%

(0-1]

64

62

2

0

(1-2]

92

89

2

1

(2-3]

42

37

3

2

(3-4]

24

21

3

0

(4-5]

21

20

0

1

(5-6]

14

11

3

0

(6-7]

12

11

1

0

(7-8]

9

7

2

0

(8-9]

6

6

0

0

(9-10]

4

3

1

0

(10-11]

3

1

2

0

(11-12]

1

1

0

0

(12-13]

2

2

0

0

TOTAL

294

271

19

4

  1. The square bracket on the right denotes the age up until the number, but excluding the number itself, ie: (0-1] includes all ages from 0 years to 1 year, but excludes 1 year itself.