Table 1,,,,
Fatal Accidents and Deaths by Type of ,,,,
Aviation Operation: 1988–1997,,,,
,Fatal accidents,Deaths,,
Type of operation,Number,Percent,Number,Percent
General aviation,"4,386",98,"8,046",82
Commercial aviation,85,2,"1,756",18
  Total,"4,471",100,"9,802",100
"SOURCE: U.S. General Accounting Office, Aviation Safety: Safer Skies Initiative has Taken Initial Steps to Reduce Accident Rates by 2007 (Washington, DC: 2000).",,,,