MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1994 Dec 16;43(49):901-4.
Most residential fires occur during December through March--a period of colder weather and longer darkness. During 1991, residential fires were the second leading cause of injury deaths (after motor-vehicle-related injuries) among children aged 1-9 years and the sixth leading cause of such deaths among persons aged > or = 65 years. Because of seasonal variations in the occurrence of residential fires, CDC analyzed death certificate data from U.S. vital statistics mortality tapes maintained by CDC's National Center for Health Statistics and data from the National Fire Incidence Reporting System (NFIRS) to improve characterization of selected residential fires. This report summarizes the analysis of death certificate data for 1991 and data from NFIRS for 1990.
大多数住宅火灾发生在12月至次年3月期间，这段时间天气较冷且黑夜更长。1991年，住宅火灾是1至9岁儿童伤害死亡的第二大原因（仅次于与机动车相关的伤害），也是65岁及以上人群此类死亡的第六大原因。由于住宅火灾发生存在季节性差异，美国疾病控制与预防中心（CDC）分析了由其国家卫生统计中心保存的美国生命统计死亡率磁带中的死亡证明数据，以及国家火灾发生率报告系统（NFIRS）的数据，以更好地描述特定住宅火灾的特征。本报告总结了对1991年死亡证明数据和1990年NFIRS数据的分析。
