Context/Epidemiology 2

Overall, flame injuries are the most common cause of burns, followed by scalds. Electrical and chemical injuries are much less common.¹
However, the types of burn sustained are different in different groups of people; in children the most common type of burn is a scald, whereas in adults flame burns are the most common.^1,6
Figure 1 shows the causes of burns by type and figure 2 shows the incidence of burns by age.