Table 7.3. The rate of deaths, injuries, rescues per 1,000 accidental fires in dwellings in the West Midlands metropolitan county 1999/00 to 2002/3

Type of casualty	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	Total
Death	7.24	5.82	5.11	7.70	6.46
Injury
Overcome by smoke, fumes or gas	56.49	45.94	48.38	61.25	52.84
Burns or scalds	24.91	20.71	21.12	21.57	22.20
Physical injuries incl. cuts, bruises, sprains & fractures	4.06	2.91	1.70	2.31	2.82
Combination of burns and overcome by gas/smoke	4.06	2.91	3.07	5.78	3.89
Precautionary check up	82.27	81.20	66.78	64.71	74.46
Shock	6.95	5.18	7.50	8.47	6.96
Other specified injury	0.87	0.32	1.36	3.85	1.49
Unknown	0.58	0.97	1.02	1.16	0.91
Total injuries	180.19	160.14	150.94	169.11	165.56
Rescue (without injury)	27.52	24.26	11.24	10.79	19.13
Grand total	214.95	190.55	167.63	188.37	191.49