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National Statistics Comparison <br />According to the 2017 CPSC Annual Fireworks Report, fireworks were involved in an estimated <br />12,900 injuries treated in US hospital emergency departments during calendar year 2017. <br />Compared to the 11,100 injuries treated during calendar year 2016, there were 1800 more injuries <br />treated in calendar year 2017. Orange County's average number of reported fireworks injuries was <br />38 in 2018 which is an increase from the 29 injuries reported in 2017. The same 10 cities allowed <br />for the sale of Safe and Sane fireworks in 2018 as they did in 2017. In comparison to the national <br />average of injuries reported, Orange County seems to be significantly lower in average injuries. <br />This difference could be attributed to the fact that the sale of Safe and Sane fireworks is limited to <br />10 Orange County cities, while 47 US states allow the sale of consumer and/or Safe and Sane <br />fireworks (with various local restrictions). Another contributing factor is that not all injuries may <br />have been reported to hospitals and not all hospitals may have provided us with their reported <br />injuries. <br />2017 CPSC Gender OC 2018 Gender <br />Breakdown Breakdown <br />399 <br />61% <br />10% <br />■ Male ■ Female ■ Male ■ Female <br />Nationally, 70% of fireworks injuries were experienced by males and 30% of fireworks injuries <br />were experienced by females. This year in Orange County, the gender breakdown was very closely <br />aligned with the national average, with 61% of fireworks injuries experienced by males and 39% <br />of fireworks injuries experienced by females. <br />13 <br />