The fire problem varies from region to region in the United States. This often is a result of climate, poverty, education, demographics, and other causal factors. The following table shows the District of Columbia and each State’s fire death rate per capita for 2005 based on the State where the fire death occurred. The national fire death rate in 2005 was 12.3 deaths per million population. States are listed by rate from highest to lowest. The highest death rates in 2005 were in the District of Columbia, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Alabama. The states with the lowest rates were Hawaii, Colorado, Rhode Island, California, and Nevada.
State of Occurrence | Fire Death Rate |
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District of Columbia | 36.3 |
Arkansas | 28.8 |
Oklahoma | 28.7 |
Louisiana | 28.3 |
Tennessee | 27.7 |
Alabama | 26.5 |
Alaska | 24.1 |
Kentucky | 22.8 |
Mississippi | 22.3 |
West Virginia | 21.5 |
South Dakota | 16.8 |
Georgia | 16.8 |
Pennsylvania | 16.6 |
South Carolina | 16.2 |
Vermont | 16.1 |
Nebraska | 15.9 |
North Dakota | 15.7 |
New Mexico | 15.0 |
North Carolina | 15.0 |
Indiana | 14.2 |
Michigan | 14.1 |
Iowa | 13.8 |
Wyoming | 13.7 |
Idaho | 13.3 |
Missouri | 12.6 |
National Fire Death Rate: 12.3 deaths per million population | |
Ohio | 12.2 |
Arizona | 12.1 |
Maine | 12.1 |
Kansas | 11.7 |
Maryland | 11.1 |
Texas | 11.0 |
Delaware | 10.7 |
Wisconsin | 10.7 |
Virginia | 10.0 |
New York | 10.0 |
New Hampshire | 9.9 |
Washington | 9.7 |
Montana | 9.6 |
Illinois | 9.6 |
Florida | 8.7 |
Connecticut | 8.3 |
Minnesota | 8.2 |
Utah | 8.1 |
Oregon | 8.0 |
New Jersey | 7.9 |
Massachusetts | 7.0 |
Nevada | 6.6 |
California | 6.6 |
Rhode Island | 6.5 |
Colorado | 5.6 |
Hawaii | 4.7 |
Source: National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Mortality Data – ICD 10 Codes: X00-X09, X76, X97, Y26, F63.1, and W39 from the underlying cause field (3,647 deaths), U.S. Census Bureau population data.