Update No. 15 - Fireworks Injury Surveillance 2007

6:00 AM Dec. 21, 2007 to Jan. 5, 2008 

Injury Registry Update  

There are 46 new fireworks-related injuries reported today. The total number of cases as of 05 January 2008 is 866, which is 189 cases (18%) lower than previous 3-year average (Fig. 1) or 426 cases (33%) lower than the same period last year. There was one case of firecracker powder ingestion and no stray bullet injury reported.

Figure 1. Cumulative Cases by Day 3-Yr Average (2004-2006) Vs. 2007 Figure 2. Top-Five Firecrackers Used (N=850) Fireworks Injury Surveillance 2007 6:00 AM Dec. 21, 2007 - Jan. 5, 2008   Cumulative Surveillance Findings A total of 850 fireworks related injuries, 14 stray bullet injuries, one watusi and one firecracker powder ingestion were reported from December 21, 2007– January 05, 2008 from 50 sentinel sites (Table 2). Forty-one ( 6% ) sustained injuries after January 1, 2008. There was one death (watusi ingestion)   A. Fireworks-related Injuries Majority, 680 (80%) were males. Ages ranged from 4 months to 84 years (Median 15) : 302 (35%) cases were children 10 years and below. Five hundred eighty-nine (69%) cases were from NCR (Table 1). Six hundred thirty (74%) sustained blast/burn injury without amputation, 159 (19%) with eye injury, 61 (7%) with amputation. Four hundred thirty-six (51%) directly handled firecrackers, among which 71 (8%) were under the influence of alcohol.   Table 1. Number of Injuries by Region (N=866) Fireworks Injury Surveillance 2007 6:00 AM Dec. 21, 2007-Jan. 5, 2008   B. Watusi/Firecracker Powder Ingestion There was one reported case of watusi ingestion and one case of a 1-year old boy who ingested firecracker powder (Lucis) seen at Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center.   C. Stray Bullet Injuries There were fourteen stray bullet injuries. Upon verification another two earlier reported were due to deliberate shooting.   Status of Reporting of Sentinel Hospitals Twenty-eight (56%) out of 50 hospitals submitted injury reports.

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