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National Statistics Comparison <br />Accordi ng to the 2018 C-onsume r Product Safety Comm iss ion's Annual Fireworks Report, <br />fireworks were involved in an estimated 9,100 injuries treated in US hospital emergency <br />departments during calendar year 2018. Compared 10 the 12.900 injuries Ireated during <br />ca lerndar year 2017, there were 3800 lei injuries treated in caleodar year 2018. Orange <br />Coun ty's average number -of reported fireworks injuries was 24 in 2019 which i!s a <br />diacraiase from the 38 injtrh s reported in 2G1 &. The same 10 r+Pos allowed for the sale <br />of Bade and Sane Frewofks in 2019 as they did irn 2018. In c-amparisoo tG the nafteal <br />average of injuries reported. Orange Counter 5eerns to be significantly lower in average <br />injuries. This difference could he a1W �uW to the faot that the dale of Safe and Sane <br />fire -works is limited t-o 10 Orange QountV cities, while 47 US states allow Ihu sale Qf <br />consumer an&or Safe aid Sane Crew s (Wth various local restriclions�). Anolher <br />cOntribuling fa-CtOr is that Plot all irjiuriea May have been reported to h050ital:a and not al <br />hospitals mioy havo provided us with their reported injufts- <br />2018 CPSC GENDER <br />BREAKDOWN <br />• r.J 4 ■ FefWq <br />Femil <br />35% <br />u arse <br />69% <br />OC 2019 Gender <br />Breakdow n <br />FUM 4q <br />+ Maim * Firmale <br />Male <br />79}. <br />Nationally, -134¢16 or fireworks injuries were experienced by males and 35% of firaworks <br />injuries were experienced by ferrules. This year in Orange County, the gender breakdown <br />chang@d significantly campared with the national average. with 79% of fire works injuries <br />experian d by niale-s a nd 21 % of fireworks inju ries experienmd by fern ales - <br />City Council 28 — 53 4/19/2022 <br />