Fire Statistics Scotland, 2001

FIRE STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2001

Casualties from fires by age and cause of death/nature of injury ¹, per million population ², Scotland, 2001	Table 5(a)
	Casualties ³

Age	Total	Cause of death/nature of injury
Age	Total	Burns	Overcome by gas or smoke	Burns and Overcome by gas or smoke	Physical Injuries ⁴	Shock only	Precautionary Check-up	Other	Unspecified
Fatal ⁵	20	4	8	6	..	..	..	..	1
Under 1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1-4	22	..	18	4	..	..	..	..	..
5-10	8	..	3	5	..	..	..	..	..
11-16	3	..	..	3	..	..	..	..	..
17-24	16	2	6	6	..	..	..	..	2
25-29	19	..	10	3	3	..	..	3	..
30-59	21	6	8	5	..	..	..	..	1
60-64	23	4	11	8	..	..	..	..	..
65 - 79	34	10	10	13	..	..	..	..	2
80 and over	36	5	21	10	..	..	..	..	..
Unspecified	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Non-Fatal	*399*	30	*112*	11	11	20	*208*	5	3
Non Fire Brigade ⁶
Under 1	442	..	19	..	..	19	404	..	..
1-4	294	4	54	..	..	22	210	..	4
5-10	199	8	40	..	8	11	132	..	..
11-16	191	15	39	..	10	10	113	3	..
17-24	520	48	141	16	28	16	265	2	4
25-29	527	51	140	16	19	25	270	3	3
30-59	395	32	119	14	11	19	190	7	2
60-64	444	27	119	23	11	19	233	11	..
65 - 79	377	26	140	7	..	18	181	2	3
80 and over	646	26	144	15	10	51	380	10	10
Unspecified	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Table shows main injuries only, priority being given to 'burns' and being 'overcome by gas or smoke'. However, if both these injuries occur, these are shown separately.
² Population figures from ONS: Mid year 2001 estimates
³ Including additional "late" call, heat and smoke damage only incidents.
⁴ If 'physical injuries' and 'shock' occur' physical injuries is recorded.
⁵ The fatality figures for 2001 are likely to be revised downwards as later information becomes available.
⁶ Refer to persons who are not members of the fire brigade
- None
.. No casualties were recorded / not applicable

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