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6:00 AM Dec. 21, 2007 to Jan. 4, 2008
Injury Registry Update
There are 67 new fireworks-related injuries reported today. The total number of cases as of 6:00 AM, 04 January 2008 is 821, which is 223 cases (21%) lower than previous 3-year average (Fig. 1) or 458 cases (36%) lower than the same period last year. There was no new case of watusi ingestion and stray bullet injury reported.
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| Figure 1. | Cumulative Cases by Day
3-Yr Average (2004-2006) Vs. 2007 |  | | | Figure 2. | Top-Five Firecrackers Used (N=804)
Fireworks Injury Surveillance 2007
6:00 AM Dec. 21, 2007 - Jan. 4, 2008 |  | | | | Cumulative Surveillance Findings | | A total of 804 fireworks related injuries, 16 stray bullet injuries and one watusi ingestion were reported from December 21, 2007– January 04, 2008 from 50 sentinel sites (Table 2). Thirty-eight ( 5% ) cases sustained injuries after January 1, 2008. | | | | A. Fireworks-related Injuries | | Majority, 659 (80%) were males. Ages ranged from 4 months to 84 years (Median 15): 288 (35%) cases were children 10 years and below. Five hundred sixty-one (68%) cases were from NCR (Table 1). Five hundred eighty-three (71%) sustained blast/burn injury without amputation, 159 (19%) with eye injury, 62 (8%) with amputation. Four hundred twenty-two (51%) directly handled firecrackers, among which 71 (17%) were under the influence of alcohol. | | | | Table 1. | Number of Injuries by Region (N=821)
Fireworks Injury Surveillance 2007
6:00 AM Dec. 21, 2007-Jan. 4, 2008 |  | | | | B. Watusi Ingestion | | There was one reported case of watusi ingestion. | | | | C. Stray Bullet Injuries | | There were sixteen stray bullet injuries. Upon verification two earlier reported were due to deliberate shooting. Ages ranged from 6 years to 44 years (Median 15): 14 ( 78%) cases were from NCR. | | | | Status of Reporting of Sentinel Hospitals | | Forty-nine (98%) out of 50 hospitals submitted injury reports. All submitted before the 8:00 AM deadline. | | | Subscribe to
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