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6:00 AM Dec. 21, 2007 to Jan. 1, 2008
Injury Registry Update
There are 281 new fireworks-related injuries reported today. The total number of cases as of 01 January 2008 is 446, which is 385 cases (46%) lower than the same period last year. And the lowest number of cases since 1999. There are six stray bullet injuries and no watusi ingestion. No deaths reported.
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| | | | Cumulative Surveillance Findings | A total of 439 fireworks related injuries, with seven stray bullet injuries were reported from December 21, 2007– January 01, 2008 from 36 sentinel sites (Table 2). | | | | A. Fireworks-related Injuries | Majority, 350 (78%) were males, Ages ranged from 4 months to 84 years (Median 16 years) : 136 (30%) cases were children 10 years and below. Three hundred nineteen (72%) cases were from NCR (Table 1). Three hundred thirteen (70%)sustained blast/burn injury without amputation, 96 (22%) with eye injury, 29 (7%) with amputation. Two hundred sixteen (48%) directly handled firecrackers, among which 42 (9%) were under the influence of alcohol. | | Figure 2. 
| | | | B. Watusi Ingestion | There was no reported case of watusi ingestion. | | C. Stray Bullet Injuries | There are seven stray bullet injuries | | Status of Reporting of Sentinel Hospitals | Thirty-six (72%) out of 50 hospitals submitted injury reports. Thirty-four (94%) hospitals submitted before the 8:00 AM deadline. | | Table 1. | | Number of Injuries by Region (N=446)
Fireworks Injury Surveillance
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