- Author
- Hall, J. R., Jr.
- Title
- U.S. Fire Death Rates by State.
- Coporate
- National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA
- Keywords
- death | fire statistics | fire data | mortality
- Identifiers
- patterns and trends of fire deaths by state; summaries of individual states; data sources; National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)
- Abstract
- This report is based on the national data base of death certificates collected by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). Death certificates are coded by local medical authorities, using codes defined by the International Classification of Diseases, prepared by the World Health Organization. Death certificate data are then compiled by the states and finally by NCHS. Fire deaths -- and only fire deaths -- are primarily identified by the X00-09 range (equivalent to the E890-899 range for 1980-1998) within the code for "environmental events, circumstances, and conditions" causing fatal injury. The X00-09 range includes most but not all fire deaths. The codes refer to uncontrolled vs. controlled building/structure or non-building/structure fires; fires due to ignition or melting of night wear or, separately, of other clothing; ignition of "highly flammable materials"; and unclassified or unknown-type fires.