Years of Potential Life Lost from
Transportation Accidents
Box 9-B
Data for Calculating Years of
Potential Life Lost
Data used here come from a national mortality database compiled by the Centers for Disease
Control’s National Center for Health Statistics. Years of potential life lost (YPLL) are
computed from this data by matching the ages of victims with the corresponding entries in the life
expectancy tables. Remaining years of life expectancy from the age of death to 65 years are counted
toward YPLL. Victims 65 years and older are not included. YPLL data for 1982 through 2000 are available
online through the Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS).
Source
Centers for Disease Control, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Web-Based Injury
Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS), available at http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars/,
as of May 2004.
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