The highest rate of deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke in the United States was 8.7 per 100,000 population in 1920. This statistic shows a timeline of the rate of unintentional-injury-related deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke in the United States from 1915 to 2022.
Rate of deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke in the United States from 1915 to 2022*
(per 100,000 population)
* Fire, flames, or smoke includes burns by fire and deaths resulting from conflagration regardless of nature of injury.
Figures for 2022 are preliminary.
The release data represents the date figures were accessed.
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National Safety Council. (April 16, 2024). Rate of deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke in the United States from 1915 to 2022* (per 100,000 population) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/527394/death-rate-due-to-fire-flames-smoke-in-the-us/
National Safety Council. "Rate of deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke in the United States from 1915 to 2022* (per 100,000 population)." Chart. April 16, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527394/death-rate-due-to-fire-flames-smoke-in-the-us/
National Safety Council. (2024). Rate of deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke in the United States from 1915 to 2022* (per 100,000 population). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527394/death-rate-due-to-fire-flames-smoke-in-the-us/
National Safety Council. "Rate of Deaths Due to Fire, Flames, or Smoke in The United States from 1915 to 2022* (per 100,000 Population)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527394/death-rate-due-to-fire-flames-smoke-in-the-us/
National Safety Council, Rate of deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke in the United States from 1915 to 2022* (per 100,000 population) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527394/death-rate-due-to-fire-flames-smoke-in-the-us/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Rate of deaths due to fire, flames, or smoke in the United States from 1915 to 2022* (per 100,000 population) [Graph], National Safety Council, April 16, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/527394/death-rate-due-to-fire-flames-smoke-in-the-us/
