Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Severe childhood burns in the Czech Republic: risk factors and prevention

Alexander Martin Čelko, Michal Grivna, Jana Dáňová & Peter Barss

Volume 87, Number 5, May 2009, 374-381

Table 2. Number of hospitalizations for burns in children aged 0–14 years in the Czech Republic and at the Prague Burn Centre, 1993–2006

Year All hospitals
Prague Burn Centre
No. No. % of all hospitals
Average 1510a 132b 9
2001 1400 161 12
2002 1522 200 13
2003 1501 255 17
2004 1465 234 16
2005 1454 253 17
2006 1434 303 21


a The annual average for all hospitals was for the period 1996–2000.
b The annual average for the Prague Burn Centre was for the period 1993–2000.