What types of fireworks are associated with most injuries?
June 30th, 2008
Between June 16 and July 16, 2006:
- Firecrackers were associated with the greatest number of estimated injuries at 1,300. There were 1,000 injuries associated with sparklers and 800 associated with rockets.
- Sparklers accounted for one-third of the injuries to children less than 5 years of age.
Between 2000-2005, more than one-third of the fireworks-related deaths involved professional devices that were illegally sold to consumers.
Source: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/
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