FIGURE 7-4 Rate of Highway Fatalities by Age and Gender: 1980 and 2011
| Age | Fatalities per 10,000 persons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||
| 1980 | 2011 | 1980 | 2011 | |
| 0 | 0.62 | 0.18 | -0.56 | -0.13 |
| 1 | 0.59 | 0.21 | -0.62 | -0.18 |
| 2 | 0.98 | 0.18 | -0.69 | -0.17 |
| 3 | 1.00 | 0.19 | -0.67 | -0.17 |
| 4 | 0.75 | 0.18 | -0.49 | -0.20 |
| 5 | 0.92 | 0.16 | -0.69 | -0.14 |
| 6 | 1.04 | 0.17 | -0.67 | -0.17 |
| 7 | 0.94 | 0.20 | -0.49 | -0.16 |
| 8 | 0.79 | 0.19 | -0.54 | -0.19 |
| 9 | 0.73 | 0.17 | -0.51 | -0.15 |
| 10 | 0.79 | 0.18 | -0.37 | -0.13 |
| 11 | 0.73 | 0.21 | -0.43 | -0.16 |
| 12 | 0.97 | 0.18 | -0.51 | -0.13 |
| 13 | 1.05 | 0.25 | -0.52 | -0.19 |
| 14 | 1.41 | 0.42 | -0.75 | -0.25 |
| 15 | 2.28 | 0.57 | -1.43 | -0.39 |
| 16 | 4.54 | 1.15 | -2.22 | -0.78 |
| 17 | 5.97 | 1.34 | -2.62 | -1.03 |
| 18 | 8.45 | 2.51 | -2.76 | -1.09 |
| 19 | 8.56 | 2.61 | -2.25 | -1.18 |
| 20 | 7.70 | 2.46 | -1.91 | -1.06 |
| 21 | 7.58 | 3.05 | -2.06 | -1.05 |
| 22 | 7.49 | 2.80 | -1.84 | -0.92 |
| 23 | 7.08 | 2.64 | -1.73 | -0.92 |
| 24 | 6.08 | 2.63 | -1.63 | -0.76 |
| 25 | 5.83 | 2.37 | -1.48 | -0.82 |
| 26 | 5.16 | 2.25 | -1.40 | -0.73 |
| 27 | 5.07 | 2.18 | -1.29 | -0.72 |
| 28 | 4.77 | 2.01 | -1.27 | -0.72 |
| 29 | 4.54 | 1.92 | -1.04 | -0.64 |
| 30 | 4.04 | 1.73 | -1.18 | -0.64 |
| 31 | 3.90 | 1.90 | -1.05 | -0.55 |
| 32 | 4.09 | 1.82 | -0.98 | -0.71 |
| 33 | 3.45 | 1.67 | -1.00 | -0.59 |
| 34 | 3.77 | 1.58 | -0.94 | -0.57 |
| 35 | 3.16 | 1.51 | -1.03 | -0.57 |
| 36 | 3.24 | 1.52 | -0.88 | -0.57 |
| 37 | 2.94 | 1.42 | -0.94 | -0.59 |
| 38 | 3.21 | 1.61 | -0.92 | -0.44 |
| 39 | 3.34 | 1.89 | -1.10 | -0.58 |
| 40 | 3.06 | 1.62 | -1.02 | -0.54 |
| 41 | 3.03 | 1.34 | -1.03 | -0.50 |
| 42 | 2.55 | 1.52 | -0.97 | -0.62 |
| 43 | 2.70 | 1.59 | -0.91 | -0.66 |
| 44 | 2.70 | 1.65 | -1.10 | -0.60 |
| 45 | 3.02 | 1.72 | -1.02 | -0.59 |
| 46 | 2.85 | 1.61 | -1.06 | -0.50 |
| 47 | 2.73 | 1.56 | -1.00 | -0.61 |
| 48 | 2.39 | 1.69 | -0.91 | -0.59 |
| 49 | 2.71 | 1.71 | -0.87 | -0.51 |
| 50 | 2.66 | 1.87 | -1.19 | -0.52 |
| 51 | 2.57 | 1.80 | -0.87 | -0.55 |
| 52 | 2.73 | 1.79 | -1.10 | -0.60 |
| 53 | 2.45 | 1.81 | -0.89 | -0.71 |
| 54 | 2.45 | 1.58 | -0.87 | -0.55 |
| 55 | 2.67 | 1.64 | -0.98 | -0.53 |
| 56 | 2.45 | 1.68 | -1.12 | -0.52 |
| 57 | 2.47 | 1.58 | -0.97 | -0.54 |
| 58 | 2.33 | 1.68 | -0.99 | -0.41 |
| 59 | 2.54 | 1.74 | -1.01 | -0.48 |
| 60 | 2.31 | 1.65 | -1.06 | -0.45 |
| 61 | 2.31 | 1.59 | -0.81 | -0.57 |
| 62 | 2.36 | 1.56 | -0.95 | -0.44 |
| 63 | 2.40 | 1.51 | -0.99 | -0.60 |
| 64 | 2.18 | 1.44 | -1.04 | -0.63 |
| 65 | 2.70 | 1.62 | -1.06 | -0.71 |
| 66 | 2.12 | 1.37 | -0.97 | -0.60 |
| 67 | 2.23 | 1.40 | -1.01 | -0.65 |
| 68 | 2.43 | 1.49 | -1.15 | -0.68 |
| 69 | 2.76 | 1.36 | -1.21 | -0.80 |
| 70 | 2.48 | 1.72 | -1.23 | -0.78 |
| 71 | 2.99 | 1.62 | -1.21 | -0.82 |
| 72 | 2.60 | 1.74 | -1.41 | -0.94 |
| 73 | 2.96 | 1.54 | -1.39 | -0.80 |
| 74 | 3.18 | 1.84 | -1.45 | -0.89 |
| 75 | 3.27 | 1.60 | -1.68 | -0.93 |
| 76 | 4.12 | 1.69 | -1.57 | -0.97 |
| 77 | 3.71 | 1.85 | -1.61 | -1.14 |
| 78 | 3.75 | 2.18 | -1.61 | -1.09 |
| 79 | 4.72 | 2.11 | -1.96 | -0.96 |
| 80 | 4.29 | 2.16 | -1.84 | -1.12 |
| 81 | 4.46 | 2.21 | -1.54 | -0.99 |
| 82 | 4.87 | 2.29 | -1.87 | -1.13 |
| 83 | 4.29 | 2.03 | -1.32 | -1.08 |
| 84 | 4.81 | 2.80 | -1.63 | -1.16 |
| 85 | 4.83 | 2.63 | -1.37 | -1.13 |
SOURCES: 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 as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Passenger Travel Facts and Figures 2014 (July 2014). Figure 5-3. Available at http://www.bts.gov as of July 2014.