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Table 2 Raw case counts and national estimates for monthly firework-related emergency department visits 2018–2020

From: Firework-related injuries treated at emergency departments in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 compared to 2018–2019

Month

Raw admission counts

National injury estimates (per million) (95% CI)

2018

2019

2020

2018

2019

2020

January

12

19

29

537 (116, 958)

607 (257, 956)

719 (281, 1157)

February

3

4

6

84 (0, 213)

41 (0, 88)

196 (0, 399)

March

3

2

2

104 (0, 256)

20 (0, 53)

72 (0, 189)

April

0

2

4

*

86 (0, 248)

71 (0, 184)

May

5

8

12

242 (0, 486)

240 (26, 455)

368 (10, 726)

June

28

23

52

941 (494, 1389)

926 (470, 1382)

1853 (984, 2722)

July

147

180

283

5823 (4082, 7563)

7150 (4575, 9725)

10,277 (7533, 13,022)

August

19

5

15

766 (361, 1172)

202 (30, 374)

666 (245, 1087)

September

6

3

9

185 (24, 346)

115 (0, 260)

280 (49, 510)

October

2

2

5

35 (0, 83)

25 (0, 66)

191 (0, 417)

November

2

2

7

98 (0, 259)

71 (0, 186)

350 (0, 732)

December

7

11

16

266 (3, 528)

509 (0, 1081)

602 (227, 977)

  1. *Injury estimates in April 2018 could not be calculated due to a lack of recorded ED visits