Table 2 Patient and fireworks characteristics per type of fireworks
All (N = 272) | Explosive (N = 67) | Decorative (N = 89) | Carbide (N = 2) | Homemade (N = 15) | Unknown (N = 99) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rockets (N = 45) | Aerials (N = 13) | Others (N = 31) | ||||||||||||||
Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | Na | |||||||||
Age (years) | 272 | 18 (13–30) | 45 | 16 (13–24) | 45 | 21 (12–33) | 13 | 29 (23–34) | 31 | 13 (9–35) | 2 | 21 (18–24) | 15 | 19 (14–23) | 99 | 20 (12–35) |
Children | 272 | 114 (42) | 45 | 32 (48%) | 45 | 17 (38%) | 13 | 0 (0%) | 31 | 18 (58%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 15 | 7 (47%) | 99 | 40 (40%) |
Male | 272 | 227 (84%) | 45 | 61 (91%) | 45 | 29 (64%) | 13 | 12 (92%) | 31 | 29 (94%) | 2 | 2 (100%) | 15 | 15 (100%) | 99 | 79 (80%) |
Bystander | 217 | 87 (40%) | 35 | 17 (27%) | 35 | 27 (77%) | 11 | 4 (36%) | 30 | 11 (37%) | 2 | 0 (0%) | 13 | 1 (8%) | 99 | 35 (57%) |
Legal firework | 83 | 50 (60%) | 9 | 12 (40%) | 9 | 9 (100%) | 5 | 3 (60%) | 24 | 24 (100%) | 2 | 2 (100%) | 13 | 0 (0%) | 99 | N.A. |