Table 1

Percentage prevalence for burn injury in three rural municipalities in Nepal, 2017– 2018 (n=1279 households)

Percentage responses*	Indrasarowar, Makwanpur (n=415)	Laxminiya, Dhanusha (n=630)	Ama Chhodingmo, Rasuwa (n=234)	Total %	95% CI
At least one burn injury	1.2	3.5	3.0	2.7	1.8 to 3.7
Who was burned
Children	0.5	1.4	1.3	1.1	0.6 to 1.8
Total adults	0.7	2.1	1.7	1.6	1.0 to 2.4
Women	0.5	1.6	0.9	1.1	1.1 to 2.6
Men	0.2	0.5	0.9	0.5	0.5 to 1.6
Cause of burn
Flames	0.0	1.7	0.4	0.9	0.5 to 1.6
Scalding	1.0	1.6	1.7	1.4	0.8 to 2.2
Other mechanisms	0.2	0.2	0.9	0.3	0.1 to 0.8
Where the burn injury occurred
At home	1.2	3.5	2.1	2.5	1.7 to 3.5
Away from the home	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.2	0.0 to 0.7
Location of injury
Head and neck	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.0 to 0.7
Limbs	1.0	3.0	2.1	2.2	1.5 to 3.1
Trunk	0.2	0.0	0.9	0.2	0.0 to 0.7
Whether the injury occurred during cooking
While cooking	1.2	3.5	2.1	2.5	1.7 to 3.5
Other activities	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.2	0.0