Registered Charity No 1073900 | |||||||||
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See below for details of last years injuries
Firework Injuries in Great Britain 2002-2005 (4 week period in October-November) |
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2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
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Total Injuries | 990 |
1160 |
1136 |
1017 |
Total eye injuries | 285 |
302 |
313 |
250 |
Place of Accident | ||||
Family or Private Party | 475 |
590 |
515 |
363 |
Semi public party (e.g.scouts club) | 38 |
63 |
48 |
54 |
Large Public Display | 121 |
96 |
99 |
100 |
Street or other public place | 247 |
317 |
287 |
295 |
Indoors | 25 |
18 |
34 |
29 |
Other | 5 |
15 |
152 |
90 |
Not specified | 71 |
61 |
1 |
86 |
Type of Firework | ||||
Rocket | 216 |
283 |
257 |
204 |
Air Bomb / Roman Candle | 111 |
121 |
134 |
148 |
Sparkler | 104 |
149 |
140 |
132 |
Other fireworks | 102 |
86 |
119 |
128 |
Home made or extracted powder | 15 |
14 |
6 |
13 |
Not known | 443 |
507 |
480 |
392 |
Outcome of injury | ||||
No further treatment | 333 |
441 |
379 |
362 |
referred to GP | 93 |
179 |
130 |
85 |
Referred to out-patient dept. of this or another hospital | 292 |
376 |
357 |
365 |
Detained in this hospital for at least one night | 94 |
65 |
57 |
55 |
Transferred to another dept, unit or hospital | 94 |
74 |
53 |
51 |
Died | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Not known | 85 |
25 |
160 |
99 |
Age group of unjured | ||||
Over 20 years | 422 |
516 |
482 |
380 |
18-20 | 69 |
79 |
66 |
54 |
13-17 | 213 |
197 |
220 |
230 |
Under 13 | 281 |
368 |
368 |
353 |
Not known | 6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Sex of injured persons | ||||
Male | 682 |
774 |
769 |
659 |
Female | 308 |
386 |
367 |
358 |
Unspecified | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |