The relative risk of children under age 15 dying in a fire is about the same as the general population. However, when dividing the young into subgroups, over 50% of all child fire deaths occur to those under age 5. These children are usually unable to escape from a fire independently.

The number of fire injuries are also highest in the under age 5 bracket, decline in the middle years, but rise again in the 10-14 age group. This is a different pattern than deaths, which ....