Oil Spills - Box

Most of the estimated 29 million gallons of petroleum that enters North American waters1 on average each year from anthropogenic sources is not the result of tanker and pipeline spills, according to a National Research...

Figure 1 - Leading Causes of Death of People of All Ages in the United States: 2000

(Thousands of deaths)

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International Terrorism and Civil Aviation - Box

Worldwide, there were 9 airliner hijackings resulting in 265 occupant fatalities in 2001. The vast majority-265 fatalities-resulted from the terrorist attacks of September 11, when 4 U.S. airliners were hijacked and...

Table 1 - Number of Commercial Aviation Fatalities by Type of Operation: 1990-2001

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Table 1 - Fatalities by Transportation Mode

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Table 2 - Top 10 U.S. Origins/Destinations for North American Merchandise Trade: 2000

(All surface modes)

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Figure 3 - Percentage of Vehicle Inspections in Which the Vehicle is Taken Out of Service: 1984-2000

(Percent)

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Figure 1 - Highway Trust Fund Revenue Sources

(Billions of chained 1998 dollars)

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Figure 1 - Fatality Rates for Selected Modes

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1 For air carriers, the data were dampened, or smoothed, to reduce the month-to-month fluctuations. This dampening was performed using an exponential smoothing model, with a weight of 0.95...