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| Fire fatalities in older people | | Author(s) | Gerald McGwin Jr, Victoria Chapman, Jonathan Curtis |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 11, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1307-1311 |
| Keywords | Fire ; Death ; Older people ; Young adults [20-25] ; Middle aged ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Injury represents an important, preventable cause of death among older people. This study compared the epidemiology of fire-related deaths among older, middle-aged, and young people in Alabama between 1992 and 1997. Findings showed that between 1992 and 1997, there were 674 fire-related deaths in total, with the highest fatality rate among older persons, in particular black older persons. The rate of fatal fires caused by heating devices was higher among older people compared with their young and middle-aged counterparts. Fatalities among older adults were least likely to occur if smoke detectors were present, compared with deaths among young and middle-aged persons. Alcohol was not a factor in fatal fires involving older adults compared with those involving young and middle aged adults. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000306205 A |
| Classmark | OLB: CW: B: SD6: SE: 7T |
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