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Fire Data Methodology: Volume I. National Estimates of Fire Injuries
Several sources of injury data are evaluated for usefulness in estimating the total number of fire injuries in the U.S. for 1975. The consistencies and inconsistencies of the data sources are noted. Methods for combining data from several sources and for extrapolating the data to the U.S. are discussed. A combined estimate of the number of persons injured from fires is presented. For the U.S. in 1975 it is estimated that 7,300 persons died from fires, while an estimated 52,400 persons were hospitalized for injuries which resulted from fires. A range of from 225,000 to 400,000 persons received other injuries from fires, depending on the definition of what threshold is used to define non-hospitalized injuries. Data from the State of Michigan and from a national sample of emergency room records are also analyzed to relate to the fire injuries such factors as age, time of day, type of injury, sex, and source of ignition.
Fire Data Methodology: Volume I. National Estimates of Fire Injuries
Several sources of injury data are evaluated for usefulness in estimating the total number of fire injuries in the U.S. for 1975. The consistencies and inconsistencies of the data sources are noted. Methods for combining data from several sources and for extrapolating the data to the U.S. are discussed. A combined estimate of the number of persons injured from fires is presented. For the U.S. in 1975 it is estimated that 7,300 persons died from fires, while an estimated 52,400 persons were hospitalized for injuries which resulted from fires. A range of from 225,000 to 400,000 persons received other injuries from fires, depending on the definition of what threshold is used to define non-hospitalized injuries. Data from the State of Michigan and from a national sample of emergency room records are also analyzed to relate to the fire injuries such factors as age, time of day, type of injury, sex, and source of ignition.
Fire Data Methodology: Volume I. National Estimates of Fire Injuries
J. D. Flora (author) / L. C. Huang (author) / L. D. Roi (author) / P. Cooley (author)
1977
85 pages
Report
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English