retrospective study of 3896 burned patients

3896 burned patients are retrospectively studied from 1969 to 1976. Females slightly predominate males as regards incidence [57.3%: 42.7%]. Most patients are young [10. 30 years] and 41.1% of the cases have less than 10% S.A.B. Scalds, as a cause, comes first on the list followed by flame burns, while electric and chemical burns are least. Burns are mostly domestic in origin; industrial and traffic accident burns are minimal in our series. The overall mortality rate is 19.45% and the causes of death are acute renal failure, pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, septic shock, pulmonary embolism, secondary haemorrage and severe haematemesis. The average stay in hospital is 33.2 days