1,100: Average number of people 65 and older killed in fires each year

35,376: Overall number of U.S. residential fire deaths from 1989 to 1998

11,100: Number of elderly (65 and older) fire deaths in those years

31: Percentage of elderly fire deaths compared to overall fire deaths

1 in 29,663: Fire death risk for elderly

1 in 94,074: Overall fire death risk

Source: U.S. Fire Administration