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Corrections & Amplifications

By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, April 13, 2003

A table on page 218 of the April 1 Furniture/Today had incorrect column headings that overstated the number of deaths caused by mattress and furniture fires. Here is the correct table.

Estimated residential structure fires, 1998
Dollar amounts in millions. Deaths and injuries are civilian amounts only.
Mattress and bedding fires
Cause	Fires	Deaths	Injuries	Property Loss
Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Smoking material ignition	5,800	250	690	$69.8
Open-flame ignition	6,000	80	980	$89.0
Other	7,100	80	600	$96.6
Total	18,900	410	2,260	$255.4
Upholstered furniture fires
Cause	Fires	Deaths	Injuries	Property Loss
Smoking material ignition	4,900	370	760	$91.1
Open-flame ignition	1,900	100	410	$40.7
Other	3,300	40	250	$75.2
Total	10,200	520	1,420	$207.1

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