title: Fire deaths in Virginia: a review.
abstract: Most of the fire/flame mortality patterns found to exist nationally are found also in Virginia. Almost all deaths are due to fire or flame accidents and not to accidents involving hot but non-burning materials. A major portion of fire/flame deaths (87% annually) is caused by fires at home. Children and older persons are the two population groups who suffer most from fire/flame accidents in the home. Non-white males have a higher fire death rate than non-white females, although both trends are greater than expected, based on a random death pattern over the general population. Even within five separate age groups, non-whites consistently exhibit a higher death rate than predicted. Mortality trends for whites are lower than expected, based on population estimates, with white males showing a greater proportion of fire deaths than do white females.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors; D014768:Virginia