Burn is defined as bodily injury resulting from exposure to heat, cold, chemicals or electricity. Burn causes coagulation of the skin and underlying tissues. Fire-related burns are the most cause of death for under ten years. Infants are at high risk for death from burns injury, while the total in children consists a global rate ranging from 3.0 to 4.9 deaths per 100 000 population.
Methodology: The study involved five-year period. children aged between 2 to 9 years who were admitted due to burn injuries from January 2014 to December 2018 were included. The hospital based study was conducted and data were collected by using medical records. The data analysis was performed using Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 20, the inferential statistics were considered significant at p value level of less than 0.05.
Results: The totals of 9125 were admitted during the period and surgical conditions accounted about 12% of total pediatric admissions. Among these 291 were enrolled with M: F 1.8:1. Scald was the common cause of burn in this population 213 (73%), children of 2yeas were the most affected group by 32.3% (94) and the mortality rate was 1.7%.
Conclusion: Majority of childhood burn injuries at this hospital are scald and most affected children with two years of age which give a needs of community based education of children and infant protection from burn injury.

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