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Table 2 Overall and stratum-specific rate ratios (post-FSC law vs. pre-law) associated with residential fire deaths, 2000–2010

From: Association between fire-safe cigarette legislation and residential fire deaths in the United States

 

RR

95% CI

p-value

Overall models

   

 Unadjusted model

   

  Fire-safe cigarette implementation

0.69

0.67, 0.72

<0.0001

 Adjusted model*

   

  Fire-safe cigarette implementation

0.81

0.79, 0.84

<0.0001

Stratum-specific models

   

 Sex

   

  Male

0.67

0.65, 0.70

<0.0001

  Female

0.72

0.67, 0.76

<0.0001

 Age

   

  0–14 years

0.52

0.48, 0.57

<0.0001

  15–64 years

0.69

0.66, 0.73

<0.0001

  65+ years

0.77

0.73, 0.81

<0.0001

 Ethnicity

   

  Non-Hispanic

0.72

0.70, 0.75

<0.0001

  Hispanic

0.71

0.64, 0.80

<0.0001

 Race

   

  White

0.75

0.73, 0.78

<0.0001

  Black

0.59

0.55, 0.63

<0.0001

  Other

0.62

0.52, 0.74

<0.0001

  1. *Adjusted for age, sex, ethnicity, race, and state of death.
  2. Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval, RR = rate ratio.