Below are some key statistics regarding burn injuries and deaths in the U.S., derived from a variety of sources.  Please keep in mind that, except for vital statistics (births and deaths), national health statistics such as those for burn incidence and treatment generally take the form of estimates drawn from sample surveys.   

Burn Injuries Receiving Medical Treatment Per Year: 500,000
The 500,000 estimate for treated burns represents a blend of the most recent estimates from several federal surveys which capture data on visits to hospital emergency departments and outpatient clinics, free-standing urgent care centers, and private physician offices. For all sites except hospital emergency departments, the number of burns in the survey sample is too small to provide a valid separate statistic.
Sources: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey; Medical Expenditure Panel; CPSC/NEISS (National Electronic Injury Surveillance System), (2000-2004 data).
 
Fire and Burn Deaths Per Year: 4,000
This total includes an estimated 3,500 deaths from residential fires and 500 from motor vehicle and aircraft crashes, contact with electricity, chemicals or hot liquids and substances, and other sources of burn injury. About 75% of these deaths occur at the scene of the incident or during initial transport. Fire and burn deaths are combined because deaths from burns in fires cannot always be distinguished from deaths which result from smoke poisoning.
Sources: National Fire Protection Association (2005); American Burn Association National Burn Repository
(2005 report); US Vital Statistics (2004).        

Hospitalizations for Burn Injury Per Year: 40,000 total, including 25,000 admissions to hospitals with specialized burn centers
More than 60% of the 40,000 U.S. hospitalizations for burn injury each year are now admitted to the 125 hospitals with specialized burn centers. This percentage has increased steadily in recent decades, as emergency care and transportation has improved. Burn centers now average 200 such admissions a year, while the other 5,000 US hospitals average less than three burn admissions per year.
Sources: National Hospital Discharge Survey (2003); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project/ National Inpatient Sample (2003); Selected state hospital data systems (2002-2004); American Burn Association National Burn Repository (2005 report).

Selected Statistics on Admissions to Burn Centers, 1995-2005
Survival Rate:  94.4% 
Total Body Surface Area Burned (TBSA):  Over one-third of admissions (38%) exceeded 10% TBSA, and 10% exceeded 30% TBSA. Most included severe burns of such vital body areas as the face, hands and feet.  
Gender:  70% male, 30% female
Ethnicity:  62% Caucasian, 18% African-American, 12% Hispanic, 8% Other
Burn Cause:  46% fire/flame, 32% scald, 8% hot object contact, 4% electrical, 3% chemical, 6% other
Place of Occurrence:  43% home, 17% street/highway, 8% occupational, 32% other
Uninsured/Government Pay:  31% of patients were uninsured, underinsured or private/self-pay; 25% were insured by government programs. 
Source: American Burn Association National Burn Repository (2005 report), which data base includes information on more than 126,000 acute burn admissions from 70 burn centers in the United States.