- Author
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U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
- Title
- Accidental Injury Hazards in Mobile Homes: Fire and Carbon Monoxide. Reports of the Epidemiology and Surveillance of Injuries. No. FY 72-R2.
- Coporate
- Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC
- Report
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No. FY 72-R2
December 1971
21 p.
- Keywords
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mobile homes
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injuries
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accidents
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carbon monoxide
- Abstract
- No recent development in the changing pattern of home environments in this country today seems more significant than the rapid increase in the number of mobile homes. The production of mobile home units is said to have increased fourfold in the United States from 1960 (103,700) to 1970 (415,000). In 1961 mobile housing is said to have accounted for 7 percent of the total new construction of single dwelling units; in 1967 the proportion had risen to 48 percent. Furthermore, it is estimated that total wholesale value of mobile homes in 1967, which was 1.06 billion dollars, will more than double, to approximately 2.6 billion dollars, by the end of this decade.