- Author
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Hall, J. R., Jr.
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Helzer, S. G.
- Title
- Civilian Residential Fire Fatality Rates: Six High-Rate States Versus Six Low-Rate States.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Sponsor
- Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC
- Report
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NBSIR 83-2754,
August 1983,
35 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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fire data
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fire deaths
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fire statistics
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residential fires
- Abstract
- The report presents results of an analysis of 1,600 fire fatalities occurring in six states with high fire-death rtes and six states with low fire-death rates. Reasons for the differences in rates are explored, with special attention to victim age, sex, race, and condition at time of ignition. Fire cause patterns are touched on only lightly but are addressed more extensively in the companion piece to this report, Rural and Non-Rural Civilian Residential Fire Fatalities in Twelve States", NBSIR 82-2519, by A. Gomberg and L. Clark, which also examines the rural/non-rural split.