At a Glance
Risk by age:
![55+ relative risk](/img/icons/v21i8-55plus.640x320.png)
Adults ages 55 or older had a greater relative risk of fire death than the general population.
![Fire death for 85+](/img/icons/v21i8-2.640x300.png)
Adults ages 85 or older had the highest relative risk of fire death.
![Adults ages 25-64 and 80 or older](/img/icons/v21i8-3.640x300.png)
had a greater relative risk of fire injury than the general population.
Children ages
![4 and younger](/img/icons/v21i8-4andyounger.640x240.gif)
had a relative risk of fire death that was 50% less than that of the general population, the lowest relative risk for this age group since the mid-1970s.
Risk by gender:
Risk by race:
Risk by region:
Risk by gender:
Risk by race:
Risk by gender:
![gender comparison](/img/icons/v21i8-gender.640x480.gif)
Males were 1.7 times more likely to die in fires than females.
Risk by race:
African-Americans
And
American Indians / Alaska Natives
were at a greater relative risk of dying in a fire than the general population.
Risk by region:
Risk by region:
![map showing data of region risk](/img/icons/v21i8-region.640x480.gif)
People living in the Midwest and South had the greatest relative risk of dying in a fire when compared to populations living in other regions of the United States.