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Fire Death and Injury Risk

Fire Risk in 2019

The risk of death or injury from fire is not the same for everyone. This topical fire report explores fire risk for people living in the United States and why for some groups of people, fire risk is more severe.

Fire Risk in 2019

U.S. overall fire death rate trend

Fire death rates per million population (2011‑2020)

YearNumber of fire deathsPopulationFire death rate (per million population)
2011341431158348111.0
2012314631387766210.0
2013346831605994711.0
2014342831838632910.8
2015336232073899410.5
2016351532307175510.9
2017364532512212811.2
2018381032683819911.7
2019351532832995310.7
2020379033150108011.4
10-year trend (%)+7.4%*

* The computation of the trend is based on the simple linear regression method of least squares.

Sources:

  • National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). 2011‑2020 Mortality Data Files, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program.
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. July 1, 2011‑2019 population estimates from the table Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2020 (NST-EST2020). Release date: December 2020, updated May 2021 with Puerto Rico estimates.
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division. July 1, 2020 population estimates from the table Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for the United States, Regions, States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico: April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2021 (NST-EST2021-POP). Release date: December 2021.