15-25.
Reduce residential fire deaths.
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15-25. | |
Reduce residential fire deaths. |
Target: 0.2 deaths per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 1.2 deaths per 100,000 population were caused by residential fires in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Residential Fire Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
1.2 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
2.1 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
0.3 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
3.0 |
|
White |
1.0 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
0.9 |
|
Cuban |
DSU |
|
Mexican |
0.9 |
|
Puerto Rican |
1.2 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
1.2 |
|
Black or African American |
3.0 |
|
White |
1.0 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
0.9 |
|
Male |
1.6 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
2.0 |
|
High school graduate |
1.2 |
|
At least some college |
0.4 |
|
Select populations |
|
|
Persons aged 4 years and under (not
age |
1.6 |
|
Persons aged 65 years and older (not
age |
3.2 |
|
Black or African American |
3.0 |
|
Females |
2.2 |
|
Males |
4.0 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.