Table 3.
FSC legislation implementation and residential fire mortality rates, by state (and District of Columbia), 2000–2010
| Before state law effective | After state law effective | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law effective | Deaths | Person-years | Death rate* | Deaths | Person-years | Death rate* | |
| New York | 6/28/2004 | 688 | 85,984,141 | 8.00 | 843 | 124,870,068 | 6.75 |
| Vermont | 5/1/2006 | 47 | 3,903,907 | 12.04 | 21 | 2,913,619 | 7.21 |
| California | 1/1/2007 | 1171 | 246,016,158 | 4.76 | 628 | 147,154,075 | 4.27 |
| Oregon | 7/1/2007 | 213 | 26,673,202 | 7.99 | 79 | 13,276,889 | 5.95 |
| New Hampshire | 10/1/2007 | 70 | 9,925,735 | 7.05 | 34 | 4,276,950 | 7.95 |
| Illinois | 1/1/2008 | 921 | 100,543,665 | 9.16 | 231 | 38,385,796 | 6.02 |
| Maine | 1/1/2008 | 74 | 10,448,371 | 7.08 | 25 | 3,987,478 | 6.27 |
| Massachusetts | 1/1/2008 | 326 | 51,255,723 | 6.36 | 82 | 19,542,046 | 4.20 |
| Kentucky | 4/1/2008 | 532 | 34,201,422 | 15.55 | 157 | 11,881,706 | 13.21 |
| Montana | 5/1/2008 | 51 | 7,755,012 | 6.58 | 19 | 2,625,883 | 7.24 |
| New Jersey | 6/1/2008 | 387 | 72,333,057 | 5.35 | 110 | 22,636,664 | 4.86 |
| Connecticut | 7/1/2008 | 193 | 29,608,267 | 6.52 | 51 | 8,910,095 | 5.72 |
| District of Columbia | 7/1/2008 | 107 | 4,858,303 | 22.02 | 37 | 1,487,258 | 24.88 |
| Maryland | 7/1/2008 | 412 | 46,884,955 | 8.79 | 116 | 14,358,552 | 8.08 |
| Utah | 7/1/2008 | 98 | 20,527,236 | 4.77 | 28 | 6,830,415 | 4.10 |
| Alaska | 8/1/2008 | 87 | 5,635,277 | 15.44 | 15 | 1,699,481 | 8.83 |
| Rhode Island | 8/1/2008 | 67 | 9,123,071 | 7.34 | 22 | 2,545,759 | 8.64 |
| Minnesota | 12/1/2008 | 259 | 45,376,831 | 5.71 | 61 | 11,029,113 | 5.53 |
| Delaware | 1/1/2009 | 63 | 7,497,088 | 8.40 | 14 | 1,791,522 | 7.81 |
| Iowa | 1/1/2009 | 250 | 26,653,976 | 9.38 | 53 | 6,083,072 | 8.71 |
| Oklahoma | 1/1/2009 | 522 | 31,886,682 | 16.37 | 125 | 7,477,756 | 16.72 |
| Pennsylvania | 1/1/2009 | 1406 | 111,836,575 | 12.57 | 254 | 25,384,580 | 10.01 |
| Texas | 1/1/2009 | 1816 | 202,658,125 | 8.96 | 333 | 50,055,227 | 6.65 |
| Idaho | 4/1/2009 | 83 | 13,039,891 | 6.37 | 23 | 2,736,931 | 8.40 |
| Indiana | 7/1/2009 | 684 | 59,450,591 | 11.51 | 90 | 9,720,285 | 9.26 |
| Kansas | 7/1/2009 | 311 | 26,083,198 | 11.92 | 39 | 4,275,495 | 9.12 |
| West Virginia | 7/10/2009 | 236 | 17,289,303 | 13.65 | 37 | 2,778,256 | 13.32 |
| Colorado | 7/31/2009 | 182 | 44,293,115 | 4.11 | 34 | 7,119,440 | 4.78 |
| Arizona | 8/1/2009 | 337 | 55,009,520 | 6.13 | 37 | 9,056,139 | 4.09 |
| Washington | 8/1/2009 | 433 | 59,772,551 | 7.24 | 71 | 9,521,044 | 7.46 |
| Louisiana | 8/31/2009 | 793 | 43,205,199 | 18.35 | 80 | 6,042,559 | 13.24 |
| Hawaii | 9/30/2009 | 29 | 12,464,189 | 2.33 | ^ | 1,700,038 | ^ |
| Wisconsin | 10/1/2009 | 446 | 53,846,765 | 8.28 | 34 | 7,108,975 | 4.78 |
| Alabama | 1/1/2010 | 714 | 45,781,886 | 15.60 | 74 | 4,785,401 | 15.46 |
| Arkansas | 1/1/2010 | 569 | 27,773,493 | 20.49 | 33 | 2,921,588 | 11.30 |
| Florida | 1/1/2010 | 1154 | 175,070,073 | 6.59 | 103 | 18,838,613 | 5.47 |
| Georgia | 1/1/2010 | 1286 | 89,062,054 | 14.44 | 112 | 9,712,157 | 11.53 |
| Michigan | 1/1/2010 | 1161 | 99,992,729 | 11.61 | 88 | 9,877,143 | 8.91 |
| Nebraska | 1/1/2010 | 155 | 17,576,652 | 8.82 | 14 | 1,830,141 | 7.65 |
| New Mexico | 1/1/2010 | 136 | 19,221,530 | 7.08 | ^ | 2,065,913 | ^ |
| North Carolina | 1/1/2010 | 1049 | 87,093,319 | 12.04 | 52 | 9,560,234 | 5.44 |
| South Carolina | 1/1/2010 | 640 | 42,749,206 | 14.97 | 46 | 4,637,106 | 9.92 |
| Tennessee | 1/1/2010 | 1090 | 59,818,027 | 18.22 | 102 | 6,357,436 | 16.04 |
| Virginia | 1/1/2010 | 740 | 75,194,867 | 9.84 | 68 | 8,023,953 | 8.47 |
| Ohio | 5/1/2010 | 1140 | 118,381,152 | 9.63 | 81 | 7,691,979 | 10.53 |
| Nevada | 6/1/2010 | 154 | 24,906,956 | 6.18 | ^ | 1,577,498 | ^ |
| Mississippi | 7/1/2010 | 754 | 30,448,237 | 24.76 | 30 | 1,485,036 | 20.20 |
| North Dakota | 8/1/2010 | 52 | 6,867,179 | 7.57 | ^ | 281,095 | ^ |
| Missouri | 1/1/2011 | 915 | 63,781,731 | 14.35 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| South Dakota | 1/1/2011 | 88 | 8,580,899 | 10.26 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Wyoming | 7/1/2011 | 33 | 5,743,681 | 5.75 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Rate per 1,000,000 person-years.
^Numbers not displayed due to counts <10.
Abbreviation: N/A = not applicable.