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Firework Safety and Injury Prevention Stats and Facts – Spanish
Firework Safety and Injury Prevention Stats and Facts – Spanish
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HECHOS

  1. Aproximadamente dos tercios de las 11.000 a 13.000 lesiones relacionadas con los fuegos artificiales que se registran cada año se producen en torno a la festividad del 4 de julio, entre mediados de junio y mediados de julio.
  2. Los niños menores de 15 años sufrieron cerca del 36% de las lesiones, y los varones de todas las edades estuvieron implicados en el 70%.
  3. Las quemaduras en los dedos, manos y brazos son la lesión más común.
  4. Las exhibiciones públicas de fuegos artificiales están implicadas en menos del uno por ciento de las lesiones.
  5. Los expertos afirman que el uso y la venta de fuegos artificiales por parte de los consumidores podría alcanzar un máximo histórico este año.
  6. En 2017, las bengalas representaron el 14% de las lesiones estimadas; los proyectiles recargables estuvieron implicados en el 12% de las lesiones estimadas; y los petardos se asociaron al 10%. Los cohetes de botella y los dispositivos caseros/alterados estuvieron implicados en el 3% de las lesiones cada uno.

ESTADÍSTICAS

  • Más de 9.000 personas fueron atendidas por lesiones relacionadas con los fuegos artificiales el año pasado, según la Comisión de Seguridad de Productos de Consumo de Estados Unidos.
  • Casi el 62% de esas lesiones se produjeron durante un período de estudio de un mes entre el 22 de junio de 2018 y el 22 de julio de 2018.
  • Los fuegos artificiales estuvieron involucrados en la mayoría de las lesiones. Alrededor de 1.000 lesiones se produjeron por petardos, 500 por bengalas, 400 por velas romanas y 200 por cohetes de botella.
  • La mayoría de los heridos fueron hombres. Del número de lesiones notificadas en 2018, el 64% fueron de hombres, mientras que el 36% fueron de mujeres.
  • Los jóvenes fueron comúnmente tratados. Casi la mitad de las lesiones tratadas relacionadas con los fuegos artificiales estimadas fueron a personas menores de 20 años. Los niños menores de 15 años representaron el 36% de las lesiones estimadas.
  • Las partes del cuerpo más lesionadas fueron las manos y los dedos: las manos y los dedos en 2018 fueron un 28 por ciento estimado de las lesiones tratadas, mientras que los brazos fueron alrededor del 4 por ciento. Las piernas fueron el 24 por ciento, los ojos el 19 por ciento y las lesiones en la cabeza, la cara y el oído representaron el 15 por ciento.

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