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Figure 5-3: Highway Fatalitiy Rate by Age and Gender, 1980 and 2011

Friday, August 22, 2014
Age Fatalities per 10,000 persons
Males Females
1980 2011 1980 2011
0 0.620039 0.17615 0.55576 0.133140
1 0.591364 0.207194 0.62051 0.180233
2 0.976916 0.177602 0.69172 0.174829
3 0.996498 0.186181 0.66935 0.169361
4 0.752563 0.175608 0.48895 0.203425
5 0.920719 0.157903 0.69283 0.140122
6 1.044353 0.168118 0.67123 0.170589
7 0.944611 0.201478 0.48738 0.160116
8 0.789191 0.193386 0.53645 0.186440
9 0.728152 0.165094 0.51158 0.146794
10 0.794064 0.179952 0.36916 0.133500
11 0.732667 0.209616 0.42815 0.161076
12 0.96864 0.175378 0.51084 0.129065
13 1.050326 0.251346 0.52054 0.188733
14 1.407301 0.421761 0.75135 0.247682
15 2.275664 0.568208 1.43204 0.394607
16 4.538376 1.147249 2.22412 0.779151
17 5.967278 1.343378 2.62146 1.026071
18 8.452175 2.512426 2.75913 1.088474
19 8.564461 2.607937 2.25326 1.180025
20 7.69873 2.464664 1.91152 1.059233
21 7.582183 3.053087 2.05953 1.050210
22 7.491957 2.796157 1.84165 0.917542
23 7.083028 2.635272 1.73074 0.923799
24 6.076542 2.628995 1.63074 0.760249
25 5.826813 2.373991 1.47797 0.821288
26 5.16466 2.25344 1.40092 0.734640
27 5.066785 2.177511 1.29313 0.715341
28 4.765129 2.014442 1.27374 0.719979
29 4.544701 1.917715 1.03921 0.641388
30 4.040071 1.726604 1.17552 0.641407
31 3.901921 1.904158 1.04575 0.550656
32 4.086073 1.821355 0.97916 0.712434
33 3.446589 1.66812 0.99500 0.589191
34 3.769358 1.58111 0.93841 0.572616
35 3.160282 1.50652 1.03255 0.574044
36 3.237737 1.522643 0.87933 0.566838
37 2.935739 1.419648 0.94214 0.587157
38 3.205483 1.607119 0.92019 0.443117
39 3.340101 1.88788 1.10143 0.579638
40 3.059781 1.620091 1.02475 0.537746
41 3.031779 1.33965 1.03177 0.500657
42 2.545045 1.516059 0.96956 0.617667
43 2.702321 1.587247 0.90794 0.663599
44 2.700457 1.652556 1.09551 0.601741
45 3.016881 1.724845 1.01874 0.594941
46 2.845262 1.607552 1.05545 0.497152
47 2.729392 1.563924 1.00366 0.607982
48 2.387052 1.686567 0.90811 0.589012
49 2.710126 1.7115 0.86959 0.510179
50 2.662426 1.873992 1.18737 0.523615
51 2.568274 1.803852 0.86607 0.553664
52 2.72721 1.788981 1.10073 0.596125
53 2.448155 1.809286 0.89496 0.707710
54 2.445179 1.576812 0.86891 0.548828
55 2.671869 1.64231 0.97608 0.534822
56 2.449135 1.675928 1.12436 0.524389
57 2.473388 1.580756 0.96633 0.538435
58 2.327721 1.68036 0.99140 0.409651
59 2.543182 1.740533 1.01324 0.476165
60 2.306986 1.652256 1.05998 0.451848
61 2.313813 1.590751 0.81082 0.569305
62 2.363218 1.561489 0.94694 0.440572
63 2.395616 1.514321 0.98820 0.599405
64 2.180164 1.439741 1.04114 0.627120
65 2.702167 1.619044 1.05529 0.714004
66 2.12425 1.373942 0.97041 0.596575
67 2.23107 1.403699 1.01097 0.651378
68 2.432071 1.492522 1.15061 0.682741
69 2.764352 1.356991 1.20694 0.799936
70 2.479126 1.715504 1.22764 0.777722
71 2.989835 1.620852 1.20824 0.815967
72 2.600839 1.738951 1.40970 0.940120
73 2.956836 1.539537 1.38970 0.798905
74 3.180733 1.844429 1.44883 0.887403
75 3.273204 1.596437 1.67542 0.927726
76 4.117905 1.689837 1.57207 0.974370
77 3.708622 1.851547 1.60667 1.143870
78 3.74865 2.175111 1.61452 1.085439
79 4.722461 2.112456 1.96381 0.959427
80 4.293935 2.156344 1.83897 1.119066
81 4.461796 2.208036 1.53790 0.990433
82 4.872948 2.287678 1.86718 1.129218
83 4.293162 2.027405 1.31946 1.079060
84 4.812929 2.802474 1.62872 1.163725
85 4.827409 2.634601 1.36666 1.134487

SOURCE: Fatality Data - 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. Population Data - U.S. Department of Commerce, United States Census Bureau, 1980 and 2011 population estimates available at http://www.census.gov/popest.data/state/asrh/2011/index.html as of September 2013.