Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13

Statistical bulletin providing statistics on the incidents that Scotland's Fire and Rescue Services attended in 2012-13.


Table 10b: Rate of non-fatal casualties (excluding precautionary check-ups) from primary fires per million population 2003-04 to 2012-13 - Great Britain4

  England1,2 Scotland3 Wales1,2
Year Number Rate per million population Number Rate per million population Number Rate per million population
2003-04 8,044 161.1 1,047 207.0 574 195.4
2004-05 7,148 142.4 943 185.7 527 178.2
2005-06 6,780 134 916 179.8 438 147.5
2006-07 6,351 124.6 896 175.1 297 99.5
2007-08 5,749 111.9 909 176.7 325 108.1
2008-09 5,030 97.1 888 171.8 305 100.8
2009-10 4,156 79.6 949 182.7 250 82.3
2010-11r 4,372 83.1 1,091 208.9 278 91.1
2011-12r 4,295 80.9 1,099 207.4 240 78.3
2012-13p 3,833 71.7 993 186.9 224 72.9

Notes

p - provisional

r - revised

1 - England and Wales from Fire Monitor

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-statistics-monitor-april-2012-to-march-2013

2 - England and Wales mid-year estimates from 2002 to 2012 have been rebased due to Census 2011 and have been revised in this publication

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/publications/re-reference-tables.html?edition=tcm%3A77-280885

http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/pop-estimate/population-estimates-for-uk--england-and-wales--scotland-and-northern-ireland/mid-2011-and-mid-2012/stb---mid-2011---mid-2012-uk-population-estimates.html

3 - Scotland mid-year estimates for 2011 and 2012 have been rebased due to census

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/files2/stats/time-series/pop-scot-1855-2012.xls

4 - there has been a change in the recording of non-fatal casualties and 2009-10 and beyond can no longer be compared to previous years - see section 6.5.2 ii for details

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