QuickStats: Rate of Deaths Attributed to Unintentional Injury From Fire Or Flames, by Sex and Urban-Rural Status — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), United States, 2020

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• Alternative Title:
  Rate of Deaths Attributed to Unintentional Injury from Fire or Flames, by Sex and Urban-Rural Status — National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), United States, 2020
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Spencer, Merianne R. ; Garnett, Matthew F.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  In 2020, the death rate attributed to unintentional injury from fire or flames was higher in rural areas than in urban areas for females and males. The rate for females was 1.4 per 100,000 in rural areas and 0.6 in urban areas. The rate for males was 2.4 per 100,000 in rural areas and 0.9 in urban areas. Males had higher death rates than females in both rural and urban areas.
  
  Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System (U.S.), Mortality Data, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/deaths.htm
  
  Reported by: Merianne R. Spencer, MPH; Matthew F. Garnett, MPH.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Humans Rural Population United States Vital Statistics
• Source:
  MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 71(14):529
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Genre:
  QuickStats ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  1 pdf page
• Volume:
  71
• Issue:
  14
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6b1981ed90c16212bca8a33de73f3e4ba971d216de84258678aac8501fdfca6738a94a44d192a4ba371a71f4e83f3654434050ed395b41b0566f35e4e3f5cfef
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/116619/cdc_116619_DS1.pdf
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