15-15.
Reduce deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes.
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15-15. | |
Reduce deaths caused by motor vehicle crashes. |
Target and baseline:
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Objective |
Reduction in Deaths Caused by Motor Vehicle Crashes |
1998 |
2010 |
|
15-15a. |
Deaths per 100,000 population |
15.6* |
9.2 |
|
15-15b. |
Deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled |
1.6 |
0.8 |
*Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.
Target setting method: Better than the best for 15-15a; 50 percent improvement for 15-15b. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)
Data sources: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS; Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), DOT, NHTSA.
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Total Population, 1998 (unless noted) |
Motor Vehicle Crash Deaths |
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|
15-15a. |
15-15b. |
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|
TOTAL |
15.6 |
1.6 |
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Race and ethnicity |
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American Indian or Alaska Native |
30.4 |
DNC |
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Asian or Pacific Islander |
9.3 |
DNC |
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Asian |
DNC |
DNC |
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Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
DNC |
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Black or African American |
16.8 |
DNC |
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White |
15.6 |
DNC |
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Hispanic or Latino |
14.7 |
DNC |
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Cuban |
10.9 |
DNC |
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Mexican |
16.5 |
DNC |
|
Puerto Rican |
10.8 |
DNC |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
15.6 |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
17.3 |
DNC |
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White |
15.5 |
DNC |
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Gender |
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Female |
10.1 |
DNA |
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Male |
21.6 |
DNA |
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Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
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Less than high school |
25.8 |
DNC |
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High school graduate |
20.2 |
DNC |
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At least some college |
8.9 |
DNC |
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Select populations |
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Children aged 14 years and under (not age adjusted) |
4.4 |
DNA |
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Persons aged 15 to 24 years (not age adjusted) |
26.4 |
DNA |
|
Persons
aged 70 years and older (not age |
25.5 |
DNA |
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Motorcyclists |
NA |
21.0 (1997) |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable. NA = not applicable.
Note: Data for 15-15a. are age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.