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Fire Fatalities in Minnesota <br />2017 –68 fatalities up 58% from 2016 <br />Leading Cause of fatal fires –Careless Smoking <br />Alcohol/Drug use factor in 26% of state fire deaths <br />Deaths per 100,000 people <br />Metro -.89, Outstate –1.65, State as a whole –1.23, National Avg. 1.23 <br />General decline 70s-80s down 19%, 80s-90s down 25%, 90s-2000s down 21% <br />Reasons for decline –Fire Protection Technology –Smoke Alarms/Sprinklers, <br />Fire Code and Inspections, Public Education <br />22