• Pablo Chaparro-Narváez, Karol Cotes-Cantillo, Carlos Castañeda-Orjuela, and Fernando De la Hoz-Restrepo.
• Colombian National Health Observatory, Instituto Nacional de Salud, Avenida calle 26 No. 51-20 - Zona 6 CAN, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
• Burns. 2017 Feb 1; 43 (1): 149-156.

PurposeTo describe the injuries due to fireworks use in Colombia during the period 2008-2013 and to identify factors associated with hospitalization and death due to this cause.MethodsA descriptive study from surveillance data was carried out. Incidence rates and relative risks were calculated. The incidence rate trend was modeled with a joint point regression model. Multivariate logistical models were implemented to identify the associated factors with hospitalization and mortality due to firework injuries.ResultsA total of 6585 people were reported to be injured by fireworks during the 2008-2013 period. An upward trend in the incidence rate during this period was observed, with an annual percentage of change of 28% (95% CI 27.7-28.3) during 2008-2011 and 3.5% (95% CI 3.0-3.9) during 2011-2013. The factors associated with hospitalization were injury occurrence at the workplace (odds ratio (OR) 2.62, 95% CI 1.97-3.47), storage (OR 2.40, 95% CI 1.54-3.73), transport (OR 1.63, 95% CI 1.20-2.21), multiple trauma (OR 1.49, 95% CI 1.31-1.70), and injury occurrence at home (OR 1.26, 95% CI 1.07-1.50). The factors associated with mortality were storage (OR 19.52, 95% CI 4.62-82.44), transport (OR 13.37, 95% CI 3.29-54.3), injury occurrence at the workplace (OR 4.88, 95% CI 1.69-14.13), and ethnicity (OR 3.37, 95% CI 1.12-10.12).ConclusionThese results provided information for revising the public policies and intersectorial interventions to reduce the avoidable burden due to firework injuries at all times and not just during the high injury occurrence season.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and ISBI. All rights reserved.

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