Did You Know?

Two million people are treated for burn injuries each year in the U.S. At least 100,000 of them require hospitalization. And nearly 20,000 people die from burn injuries every year in the U.S. alone.

Children under five and adults over 65 are the two groups at highest risk for death from burn injury.

Most people injured by scalding liquids such as water or grease are children three years old or younger. And scalding is the most common type of burn injury in this age group.

Over 70 percent of scald injuries to infants could have been prevented.

Burns often require long periods of recovery, multiple skin grafts and painful physical therapy, not to mention lifelong psychological trauma. A clue to the complexity of treating a pediatric burn injury is the average cost of the initial hospitalization alone -- $22,700 per case.

Burns can be thermal (from heat), chemical or electrical, or caused by light (such as sunburn) or by radiation.