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AbstractBackground and aim:Many people sustain injuries in Chahar Shanbeh Soori ceremony that is heldat the final hours of the last Tuesday of every year. This study aimed to identify epidemiology ofinjuries that caused in this ceremony in 2009.Materials and Methods:At this epidemical descriptive study, data and specifications of people,injured in Chahar Shanbeh Soori ceremony, were collected by universities of medical sciences usingstandard and specified questionnaires and then sent to Preventive of Accident and EmergencyMedicine Department to be evaluated. Demographic and epidemic information, as epidemic areas,states, type of explosive materials and jobs of injured people were studied. At the end, data werecompared with information of a few years ago.Results:On the whole, 1817 people were injured in this ceremony (%83.2 male and 16.8 female),and average age of them was 20.9 ± 10 years old. Subgroup of 15-24 years old, are the most injuredpeople and the most injuries, were caused by inflammable materials. More than one third of injuriesof organs are related to hands (%34.4). %81.4 of injured people, were outpatients, and the rest werehospitalized.Conclusion:as the most group of injured people, were students injured during game withinflammable materials, warning programs, should presented to parents via media and schools.Keywords: Injury, Damage, ceremony, burn, gaming with fire, Chahar Shanbe Soori, inflammablematerialsREFERENCES-American Academy of Pediatrics (2001). Committee on Injury and Poison Prevention. Fireworks- related injuries tochildren. Pediatrics. 108 (1) 190–191.-Fogarty BJ Gordon DJ (1999). Firework related injury and legislation: The epidemiology of firework injuries and theeffect of legislation in Northern Ireland. Burns. 25 (1) 53-56-Isa AR Moe H (1991). Fireworks related injuries during Hari Raya festival in Hospital University Sains Malaysia 1986to 1990. The Medical Journal of Malaysia. 46 (4) 333–7.-Jing Y Yi-qiao X Yan-ning Y and et al (2010). Clinical analysis of firework-related ocular injuries during SpringFestival 2009. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 248 (3) 333–338.-Mansouri MR Mohammadi SF Hatef E and et al (2007). The Persian Wednesday Eve Festival ‘‘Charshanbe-Soori’’Mreworks eye injuries: a case series. Ophthalmic Epidemiology. 14 (1) 17–24.-Mohammad M Al-Qattan, Al-Tamimi A.S (2009). Localized hand burns with or without concurrent blast injuries fromMreworks. Burns. 35 (3) 425–429.- Newell FW Vail D (1972). Fireworks blindness. Am J Ophthalmol. 74 (1) 167–168.-Puri V Mahendru S Rana Rand et al (2009). Firework injuries: A ten-year study. Journal of Plastic, ReconstructiveAesthic Surgery. 62 (9) 1103–11.-Saadat S Naseripour M Smith GA (2010). The health and economic impact ofMreworks-related injuries in Iran: Ahousehold survey following the New Year’s Festival in Tehran. Injury. 41 (7) 28-33.-See LC Lo SK (1994). Epidemiology ofMreworks injuries: The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, 1980–1989. Annals of Emergency Medicine. 24 (1) 46–50.-Sheller J Muchardt O Jonsson Band et al (1995). Burn injuries caused byMreworks: effect of prophylaxis. Burns. 21 (1)50–3.-Tavakoli H and et al (2011). Firework-related Injuries in Tehran’s Persian Wednesday Eve festival(CHAHARSHANBE SOORI). The Journal of Emergency Medicine. 40 (3) 340-5-Vassilia K Eleni P Dimitrios T (2004). Firework-related childhood injuries in Greece: a national problem. Burns. 30 (2)151–153.-Zohar Z Waksman I Stolero J et al (2004). Injury fromMreworks and Mrecrackers during holidays [Hebrew]. Harefuah.143 (10) 698–701.