Skin may be red and painful, but you won’t have any blisters. These burns only affect the outer layer of skin. In 2020 according to the CDC, burns were among the top ten list of causes of non-fatal injury in children under the age of 4 and among the top five causes of death in those under 65.īurns are divided into four categories of severity. More than 400,000 people are treated and nearly 4,000 people die each year in the United States from fire and burn injuries.
