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Figure 5-2: Number of Highway Fatalities by Age and Gender, 1980 and 2011

Friday, August 22, 2014
Age Males Females
1980 2011 1980 2011
0 112 36 96 26
1 99 42 99 35
2 161 36 109 34
3 162 39 104 34
4 121 37 75 41
5 149 33 107 28
6 166 35 102 34
7 158 42 78 32
8 137 40 89 37
9 140 34 94 29
10 151 38 67 27
11 134 45 75 33
12 174 37 88 26
13 195 53 93 38
14 272 89 139 50
15 471 121 285 80
16 969 250 455 161
17 1289 299 541 216
18 1820 569 579 232
19 1916 605 499 259
20 1694 579 418 238
21 1626 716 441 236
22 1607 630 394 198
23 1485 580 364 195
24 1262 569 340 158
25 1196 516 305 172
26 1022 493 280 156
27 989 460 256 148
28 877 432 238 152
29 855 411 198 136
30 746 366 221 135
31 695 414 191 118
32 749 370 184 144
33 622 332 184 117
34 532 311 136 113
35 452 288 152 110
36 466 301 131 112
37 430 271 143 113
38 408 311 122 87
39 419 383 143 119
40 370 348 129 117
41 353 293 125 110
42 290 314 115 129
43 295 322 104 136
44 298 335 127 124
45 330 357 117 125
46 296 353 116 111
47 294 349 115 139
48 251 376 101 135
49 305 381 104 117
50 302 422 144 122
51 284 411 103 130
52 310 393 135 136
53 274 395 109 161
54 275 340 108 124
55 302 341 123 117
56 270 345 138 114
57 270 311 118 113
58 256 318 122 83
59 269 317 121 93
60 233 291 122 86
61 223 274 90 106
62 220 261 102 80
63 213 251 103 108
64 191 249 108 118
65 233 206 110 100
66 173 172 97 83
67 175 171 99 89
68 180 186 108 96
69 194 147 111 99
70 162 169 106 89
71 183 151 100 89
72 150 153 112 97
73 154 129 103 80
74 156 142 104 83
75 145 117 112 84
76 167 118 98 86
77 136 116 94 92
78 118 131 83 86
79 150 121 109 74
80 112 117 85 84
81 100 114 64 73
82 96 106 69 77
83 77 87 46 71
84 76 109 52 72
85 69 73 39 70
86 49 78 43 71
87 44 55 28 56
88 42 61 20 57
89 25 59 20 47
90 19 40 21 36
91 29 45 12 26
92 18 32 9 30
93 8 24 8 20
94 12 10 2 8
95 7 6 3 5
96 3 4 5 7
97 4 12 3 3
Unknown 224 19 100 9

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), available at: http://www.nhtsa.gov/FARS as of September 2013.