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8.A. - Page 38 <br />600 <br />500 <br />400 <br />roro <br />(U <br />0 <br />p 300 <br />a) <br />roro <br />E <br />Lu 200 <br />100 <br />0 <br />National estimates for the leading causes of residential building <br />fire deaths for 2015, the most recent year for which data are <br />available, are: <br />1. Other unintentional, careless: 440 deaths. <br />2. Cause under investigation: 365 deaths. <br />3. Smoking: 320 deaths. <br />Overall trends in the leading fire death causes for the 10 -year <br />period of 2006 to 2015 show: <br />• Other unintentional, careless was the leading cause of <br />residential fire deaths in seven years out of the 10 -year <br />period, and there was a 13 percent increase in residential <br />other unintentionally- or carelessly -set fire deaths. <br />• A 69 percent increase in residential cause under investigation <br />fire deaths. <br />• Although smoking was the third leading cause of residential <br />fire deaths in 2015, there was a 36 percent decrease in <br />residential smoking fire deaths. <br />Other Unintentional, Careless <br />Cause Under Investigation <br />Smoking <br />t Electrical Malfunction <br />--$-- Intentional <br />I I <br />2006 2007 <br />I I I I <br />2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 <br />I 1 1 <br />2013 2014 2015 <br />Year <br />* <br />National Fire Data Center <br />o <br />^— <br />FEMA <br />U.S. Fire Administration <br />Working fora fire-safe America <br />16825 S. Seton Ave. <br />Emmitsburg, MD 21727 <br />www.usfa.fema.gov/data/statistics/ <br />