Injury Registry Update of Sentinel Hospitals
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One thousand and four (1004) injuries were reported as of 6:00 AM of January 5, 2012. This is 4 (0.4%) cases higher than the same period last year (Figure 1) and 18 (1.8%) cases higher than the previous five-year average (2006-2010). Nine hundred seventy (96.6%) were fireworks-related injuries, 29 (2.9%) were stray-bullet injuries and 5 (0.5%) were firecracker ingestion. Six hundred and three of the cases (60%) were from NCR (Table 1). There were 4 deaths: 3 from FRI and 1 from stray bullet.
Table 1. Distribution of Injuries by Region (N= 1004)
Philippines, December 21, 2011 to January 4, 2012
|
Region |
Fireworks Injury |
Stray Bullet Injury |
Firecracker Ingestion |
Total |
||||
|
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
|
|
I |
69 |
7.1 |
2 |
6.4 |
0 |
0 |
71 |
7.1 |
|
II |
15 |
1.5 |
2 |
67 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
1.7 |
|
III |
65 |
6.7 |
1 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
66 |
6.6 |
|
IV-A |
77 |
7.9 |
2 |
6.9 |
1 |
20 |
80 |
8 |
|
IV-B |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
V |
26 |
2.7 |
1 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
27 |
2.7 |
|
VI |
45 |
4.6 |
1 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
4.6 |
|
VII |
9 |
0.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0.9 |
|
VIII |
8 |
0.8 |
1 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
0.9 |
|
IX |
32 |
3.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
32 |
3.2 |
|
X |
8 |
0.8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0.8 |
|
XI |
13 |
1.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
1.3 |
|
XII |
6 |
0.6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0.6 |
|
ARMM |
2 |
0.2 |
1 |
3.4 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0.3 |
|
CAR |
13 |
1.3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
1.3 |
|
NCR |
581 |
59.9 |
18 |
62.1 |
4 |
80 |
603 |
60.1 |
|
CARAGA |
1 |
0.1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0.1 |
|
Total |
970 |
100 |
29 |
100 |
5 |
100 |
1004 |
100 |
