Fire Statistics Scotland 2012-13

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


Table 10: Rate of fatal casualties from primary fires per million population 2003-04 to 2012-13 - Great Britain

England1,2 Scotland3 Wales1,2
Year Number Rate per million population Number Rate per million population Number Rate per million population
2003-04 454 9.1 89 17.6 33 11.2
2004-05 371 7.4 85 16.7 27 9.1
2005-06 386 7.6 60 11.8 24 8.1
2006-07 364 7.1 46 9.0 20 6.7
2007-08 358 7.0 72 14.0 28 9.3
2008-09 323 6.2 64 12.4 17 5.6
2009-10 336 6.4 62 11.9 23 7.6
2010-11r 331 6.3 52 10.0 21 6.9
2011-12r 314 5.9 60 11.3 23 7.5
2012-13p 271 5.1 46 8.7 17 5.5

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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