005 For the Love of Fireworks – For the Love of Data

News: Big Data falls off the hype cycle: http://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/big-data-falls-off-the-hype-cycle Tableau 10 in beta: http://www.tableau.com/about/blog/2016/4/10-reasons-join-tableau-10-beta-53165 http://www.tableau.com/coming-soon Fireworks! NOTE: Overall, statistics are hard to follow across sites and even different reports from the same groups.    2015 Consumption Statistics: Consumption: 260.7 Million lbs. (Consumer), 24.6 million lbs. (Display) (#5 APA) *** The consumer weight of fireworks used is roughly equivalent to the weight of the entire population of Hawaii! *** Revenue: $755 million (Consumer), $340 million (Display) (#5 APA). Focusing on the consumer spending: This is over 100x more than the revenue Katy Perry would have generated with the 7 million U.S. sales of her song “Firework” on iTunes. This is more than the all the money we spent at In ‘N Out Burger in 2015. If one person spent the same amount on Roman Candles, it would take them over 1,000 years to use the amount of fireworks we purchase in a year.     Are fireworks Dangerous? 67% of fireworks injuries occur around July 4th Injuries by Age: This graph makes it seem like young adults are most commonly injured, but when you look at 20 year bands, it breaks down differently: 0-19 = 47% 5-24 = 49% 10-24 (smaller than 20yr band) = 32% 25-44 = 34% 12,000 fireworks injuries (CPSC) out of 31 million injuries = .04% of injuries are fireworks (#7 APA) 11 Deaths (#9 CPSC) – #8 APA Usage is growing but injuries are falling according to the American Pyrotechnics Association Injuries are falling while consumption goes up. Injuries are also falling as our population has increased. However, in absolute terms injuries are relatively constant APA also contends that fireworks injuries are a small minority of total injuries to kids  – #10 APA   Only three states (DE, MA, NJ) ban fireworks (#8 APA)   Links: Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) Fireworks Infographic –  http://www.cpsc.gov/PageFiles/150398/Fireworks-Infographic-2015-web.pdf?epslanguage=en National Fire Protection Agency –  http://www.nfpa.org/public-education/by-topic/outdoors-and-seasonal/fireworks/reports-and-statistics-about-fireworks Washington State Patrol –  http://www.wsp.wa.gov/fire/statistics.htm Statistics Brain (Various Sources) –  http://www.statisticbrain.com/firework-statistics/ American Pyrotechincs Association –  http://www.americanpyro.com/industry-facts-figures 2015 US Population –  http://www.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/robert-schlesinger/2014/12/31/us-population-2015-320-million-and-world-population-72-billion Fireworks injuries in perspective –  http://www.americanpyro.com/assets/docs/FactsandFigures/fireworks%20injuries%20perspecitive.2016.pdf Fireworks liberalization-  http://www.americanpyro.com/assets/docs/FactsandFigures/consumpvinjuriesliberalizationgraph%201980-2010.pdf CPSC 2014 Fireworks Report –  http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Media/Documents/Research–Statistics/Injury-Statistics/Fuel-Lighters-and-Fireworks/2014-Fireworks-Annual-Report/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Fuel%2c+Lighters+and+Fireworks+Injury+Statistics APA Injuries to Children –  http://www.americanpyro.com/assets/docs/FactsandFigures/injuries%20to%20children%20ages%205-18%202016.pdf US Income –  http://www.deptofnumbers.com/income/us/ NFPA Fireworks Info Sheet – http://www.nfpa.org/~/media/files/research/fact-sheets/fireworksfactsheet.pdf?la=en APA Fireworks Injures vs. Consumption – http://www.americanpyro.com/assets/docs/FactsandFigures/fireworks%20related%20injuries%20rtable%201976%20-2015.pdf Katy Perry Firework Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firework_(song) In ‘N Out Burger Sales – http://nrn.com/top-100/2015-top-100-restaurant-chain-countdown#slide-43-field_images-136081