In the United States, over two million people required medical attention for<unk> s every year. About 1 in 30 of those victims (75,000) are hospitalized for<unk> s every year, with a third of those patients staying in the hospital for more than two months. About 14,000 Americans die each year from burns. Children<unk> s are one of the most common early childhood injuries. In the United States, burns are the third most common cause of accidental death among children. Nearly 96,000 children around the world died as a result of<unk> s in 2004, and 61,400 died in 2008 from<unk>  injuries. Deaths from burns dropped by 55% from 1999 to 2011. Burns are the only mode of unintentional injury which more girls suffer from than boys worldwide, including by fire.
Thermal burn
Chemical burn
Electrical burn
Radiation burn
Friction burn
Flash burn
Powder burn
Hydrofluoric acid burn