@article{ref1,
title="Fire deaths in Virginia: a review",
journal="Virginia medical",
year="1980",
author="Andrews, M. H.",
volume="107",
number="7",
pages="509-510",
abstract="Most of the fire/flame mortality patterns found to exist nationally are found also in Virginia. Almost all deaths are due to fire or flame accidents and not to accidents involving hot but non-burning materials. A major portion of fire/flame deaths (87% annually) is caused by fires at home. Children and older persons are the two population groups who suffer most from fire/flame accidents in the home. Non-white males have a higher fire death rate than non-white females, although both trends are greater than expected, based on a random death pattern over the general population. Even within five separate age groups, non-whites consistently exhibit a higher death rate than predicted. Mortality trends for whites are lower than expected, based on population estimates, with white males showing a greater proportion of fire deaths than do white females.",
language="",
issn="0146-3616",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}