Here are some factors completely separate from smoke detectors usage and combined these factors have been the real contributors to the reduction in fire deaths over the past few decades.

Not the increase in smoke detectors.

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Is the Reduction in Fire Deaths
Due to Smoke Detectors Alone?

1. 1. •In 1975 there were 12 full spectrum burn centers in the United States and
      in 1999 there were over 100 burn centers and 25 of them were full spectrum.
      On an annual basis – deaths once a person reached a burn center – went from
      4,000 to 1,000.
      

   2. •People have quit smoking.  Two-Thirds of all U.S. reductions in fire fatalities in
      smoldering fires from 1984 to 1995 were attributed to reductions in cigarette
      consumption.
      

   3. •Mattresses and furniture have been regulated to resist cigarette ignition.
      

   4. •Inspections and building codes have improved.
      

   5. •Improvements in wiring and fire rated construction has contributed to reduction
      in fire deaths.
      

   6. •Fire deaths from home heating was reduced by 73%.
      

   7. •People eat out more frequently - less deaths form cooking fires.
      

   8. •So – Fire deaths have gone down primarily because there are fewer fires.

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