There were 44 fatalities in 2001 in 21 States and Puerto Rico.
Florida had 8 deaths. |
Lightning Fatalities for 2001 by State
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2001 Lightning Fatality Demographics |
| State |
Gender |
Age |
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| AL |
2 |
Male |
36 (82%) |
0- 9 |
0 (0%) |
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| CA |
2 |
Fem |
8 (18%) |
10-19 |
7 (16%) |
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| CO |
3 |
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20-29 |
8 (18%) |
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| FL |
8 |
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30-39 |
13 (30%) |
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| GA |
1 |
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40-49 |
8 (18%) |
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| IL |
5 |
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50-59 |
7 (16%) |
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| IN |
1 |
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60-69 |
1 (2%) |
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| LA |
1 |
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70-79 |
0 (0%) |
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| MA |
1 |
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80-89 |
0 (0%) |
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| MI |
1 |
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Unk. |
0 (0%) |
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| MS |
1 |
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| NE |
1 |
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| NJ |
2 |
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| OH |
2 |
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| PA |
2 |
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| PR |
2 |
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| SC |
1 |
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| SD |
2 |
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| TN |
1 |
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| TX |
1 |
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| VA |
3 |
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| WI |
1 |
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Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
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* - Known Fatalities to date |
Note: Monthly normals are based on the 30-year average of 55 deaths per year (1980-2009) multiplied by the average monthly percentage of annual deaths from 1959-1994 as documented in NOAA Technical Memorandum NWS SR-193 with Dec 1961 plane crash fatalities removed from the data. |
