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FIREWORK INJURIES: AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY IN NAPLES
P. D’ARGENIO1, L. CAFARO1, F. PALUMBO1, F. SANTONASTASI1, F. TAGGI2, N. BINKIN2
1Osservatorio Epidemiologico Regione Campania
2Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma
Gennaio 1998 - pagg. 35 -39
Abstract
An active surveillance system was developed
in the Province of Naples to describe
the epidemiology of firework injuries. Information
on demographic data site and type
of lesion was collected from police and
Emergency room registries for all the people
admitted for a firework-related injury in
any of the 18 Emergency rooms of Metropolitan
Naples. During the 1995 New Year
period a total of 420 valid cases were collected,
a 127% increment compared with
the same period of the year before. The rate
of firework-related injuries in Metropolitan
Naples was 12/100,000. The age-specific
rate was higher among children 10-14
years old. The male:female ratio was 11:1.
The most common sites of injury were right,
left or both hands followed by face and
eyes. The most common types of lesions
were burns and lacerations but in 119 cases
fingers or hands were lost, and serious
avulsions or major eye injuries occurred.
The Authors believe that considerable potential
for prevention exists and made the
following recommendations: to enforce
control measures and to prohibit the sale of
illegal fireworks; to disseminate informations
among children and parents on firework-
related dangers.
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2. Ministero degli Interni: dati non pubblicati.
3. D’Argenio P, Palumbo F, Saccone F, et al: Fireworks-related injures during the New Year’s Period - Naples, Italy, 1992-93. MMWR 42, 201-203, 1993.
4. D’Argenio P, Cafaro L, Santonastaso F, Taggi F, Binkin N: Capodanno Senza Danno: The Effects of a Public Health Intervention Program on Fireworks Injuries in Metropolitan Naples, 1993-94. Am J Public Health, gennaio 1996.
5. ISTAT: 13° Censimento generale della popolazione e delle abitazioni. Fascicolo Provinciale di Napoli. Roma, 1994.
6. Dean AG, Dean JA, Burton AH, Dicker RC: Epi Info Version 5: A word processing, database and statistics program for epidemiology on microcomputers. Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, GA, 1990.
7. Mc Farland LV, Harris JR, Kobayashi JM, Dicker RC: Risk factors for fireworks-related injury in Washington State. JAMA 251, 3251- 54, 1984.
8. See LC, Lo SK: Epidemiology of fireworks injuries: the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, 1980-1989. Ann Int Med 24, 46-50, 1994.
9. Joseph DS, Fleissner ML: Fireworks-related injuries, Marion County, Indiana, 1986-
1991. MMWR 41, 451-453, 1992.
10. Magboo FP, Abellanosa IP, Tayag E, et al: Fireworks injuries in Metro Manila during the 1991 New Year’s Eve Celebration. J Phil Med Assn 67, 68-71, 1991.
11. Mateo RJ, Magboo FP, Lapastora MNS: Fireworks-related injuries during the New Year’s Eve. J Phil Med Assn 6, 1-7, 1993.
12. Berger LR, Summers Kalishman BA, Rivara FP: Injuries from Fireworks. Pediatrics 75, 877-881, 1985.
13. D’Argenio P, de Campora E, Cafaro L, Ruggiero A, Esposito D, Binkin N: Fireworks Use Among Middle-School Students in the Province of Naples, Italy (inviato per la pubblicazione a: Injury Prevention).
14. CDC: Serious Eye Injuries Associated with Fireworks - United States, 1990-1994. MMWR 44, 449-452, 1995.