ER visits for Christmas decoration-related injuries increase after Thanksgiving
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Every year, around 18,400 people visit emergency rooms because of accidents with Christmas decorations. The peak day for these mishaps is usually the Sunday after Thanksgiving, when an annual average of 660 people seek medical attention for their injuries.
ER visits related to Christmas decorations continue through the end of one year and into the next, with a slight increase around New Year’s Day. These year-end ER trips coincide with reports of injuries sustained while taking decorations down.
Dataset
day_index | median_er_visits |
---|---|
-45 | 0.00 |
-44 | 0.00 |
-43 | 0.00 |
-42 | 0.00 |
-41 | 0.00 |
-40 | 0.00 |
-39 | 0.00 |
-38 | 0.00 |
-37 | 0.00 |
-36 | 0.00 |
-35 | 0.00 |
-34 | 0.00 |
-33 | 0.00 |
-32 | 0.00 |
-31 | 0.00 |
-30 | 0.00 |
-29 | 0.00 |
-28 | 0.00 |
-27 | 0.00 |
-26 | 7.43 |
-25 | 0.00 |
-24 | 0.00 |
-23 | 0.00 |
-22 | 0.00 |
-21 | 0.00 |
-20 | 7.84 |
-19 | 40.64 |
-18 | 15.48 |
-17 | 3.89 |
-16 | 2.48 |
-15 | 10.43 |
-14 | 74.85 |
-13 | 2.76 |
-12 | 79.13 |
-11 | 19.73 |
-10 | 83.14 |
-9 | 10.29 |
-8 | 78.84 |
-7 | 14.04 |
-6 | 39.84 |
-5 | 97.97 |
-4 | 87.21 |
-3 | 142.83 |
-2 | 142.50 |
-1 | 162.34 |
0 | 152.75 |
1 | 317.96 |
2 | 471.28 |
3 | 657.23 |
4 | 386.01 |
5 | 412.89 |
6 | 361.18 |
7 | 305.18 |
8 | 345.63 |
9 | 533.94 |
10 | 549.36 |
11 | 485.22 |
12 | 379.91 |
13 | 325.34 |
14 | 367.03 |
15 | 329.83 |
16 | 449.74 |
17 | 338.99 |
18 | 402.05 |
19 | 310.56 |
20 | 316.44 |
21 | 252.64 |
22 | 145.05 |
23 | 270.88 |
24 | 308.21 |
25 | 229.84 |
26 | 181.58 |
27 | 255.33 |
28 | 201.44 |
29 | 210.37 |
30 | 218.14 |
31 | 198.86 |
32 | 100.69 |
33 | 177.82 |
34 | 305.34 |
35 | 114.25 |
36 | 249.71 |
37 | 299.29 |
38 | 180.33 |
39 | 267.79 |
40 | 114.62 |
41 | 175.97 |
42 | 111.28 |
43 | 184.32 |
44 | 142.49 |
45 | 140.37 |
46 | 99.73 |
47 | 90.77 |
48 | 65.95 |
49 | 75.66 |
50 | 43.79 |
51 | 101.52 |
52 | 54.24 |
53 | 23.84 |
54 | 16.32 |
55 | 32.06 |
56 | 17.37 |
57 | 0.00 |
58 | 75.27 |
59 | 66.86 |
60 | 62.98 |
61 | 0.00 |
62 | 0.00 |
63 | 0.00 |
64 | 26.71 |
65 | 0.00 |
66 | 10.34 |
67 | 0.00 |
68 | 0.00 |
69 | 28.29 |
70 | 0.00 |
71 | 0.00 |
72 | 0.00 |
73 | 7.43 |
74 | 0.00 |
75 | 0.00 |
76 | 0.00 |
77 | 0.00 |
78 | 0.00 |
79 | 0.00 |
80 | 0.00 |
81 | 0.00 |
82 | 0.00 |
83 | 0.00 |
84 | 0.00 |
85 | 0.00 |
86 | 0.00 |
87 | 0.00 |
88 | 0.00 |
89 | 0.00 |
90 | 0.00 |
Data sources
Data includes only non-fatal injuries seen at ER visits. Christmas decorations include items coded as “Artificial Christmas trees,” “Christmas decorations, electric,” “Christmas decorations, nonelectric,” “Christmas tree lights,” and “Christmas tree stands or supports.”