[crash13.txt, updated 09/05] Driver's alcohol involvement in fatal traffic crashes, according to sex and age, United States, 2000 and 2003. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Drivers ----------------------------------------------------- 2000 2003 Sex and age -------------------------- ------------------------- Number Number ---------------- Percent -------------- Percent Total Alcohol- Alcohol- Total Alcohol- Alcohol- involved involved involved involved ------------------------------------------------------------------- Both sexes 16-24 13,974 3,568 25.5 13,927 3,580 25.7 16-20 8,024 1,654 20.6 7,693 1,504 19.6 21-24 5,950 1,914 32.2 6,234 2,076 33.3 25-29 6,059 1,743 28.8 5,769 1,622 28.1 30-34 5,680 1,429 25.2 5,449 1,355 24.9 35-39 5,802 1,511 26.0 5,363 1,224 22.8 40-44 5,330 1,254 23.5 5,604 1,312 23.4 45-49 4,548 854 18.8 4,958 983 19.8 50-54 3,686 555 15.1 4,014 663 16.5 55-59 2,682 366 13.6 3,143 411 13.1 60-64 2,084 196 9.4 2,264 178 7.9 65-69 1,548 129 8.3 1,588 133 8.4 70-74 1,586 118 7.4 1,506 80 5.3 75-79 1,422 69 4.9 1,351 57 4.2 80+ 1,725 46 2.7 1,943 44 2.3 Total* 56,126 11,838 21.1 56,879 11,642 20.5 Male 16-24 10,294 3,059 29.7 10,177 3,078 30.2 16-20 5,733 1,398 24.4 5,419 1,284 23.7 21-24 4,561 1,661 36.4 4,758 1,794 37.7 25-29 4,580 1,485 32.4 4,354 1,386 31.8 30-34 4,277 1,187 27.8 4,084 1,164 28.5 35-39 4,252 1,207 28.4 3,934 1,006 25.6 40-44 4,032 1,063 26.4 4,195 1,091 26.0 45-49 3,395 712 21.0 3,716 847 22.8 50-54 2,777 488 17.6 3,005 585 19.5 55-59 1,988 313 15.7 2,356 368 15.6 60-64 1,576 171 10.9 1,665 148 8.9 65-69 1,086 113 10.4 1,173 118 10.1 70-74 1,075 101 9.4 1,024 65 6.3 75-79 963 59 6.1 895 43 4.8 80+ 1,148 40 3.5 1,314 35 2.7 Total** 41,443 9,998 24.1 41,892 9,934 23.7 Female 16-24 3,680 509 13.8 3,750 502 13.4 16-20 2,291 256 11.2 2,274 220 9.7 21-24 1,389 253 18.2 1,476 282 19.1 25-29 1,479 258 17.4 1,415 236 16.7 30-34 1,403 242 17.3 1,364 191 14.0 35-39 1,550 304 19.6 1,429 218 15.3 40-44 1,297 191 14.7 1,409 221 15.7 45-49 1,153 142 12.3 1,242 136 11.0 50-54 909 67 7.4 1,008 78 7.7 55-59 694 53 7.6 787 43 5.5 60-64 508 25 4.9 599 30 5.0 65-69 462 16 3.5 415 15 3.6 70-74 511 17 3.3 482 15 3.1 75-79 459 10 2.2 456 14 3.1 80+ 577 6 1.0 629 9 1.4 Total** 14,682 1,840 12.5 14,985 1,708 11.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- * The totals may not equal the totals in table 6 because drivers under age 16 or having missing data on age are excluded from this table. ** The sum of the male and female drivers may not always equal the number for both sexes in a corresponding category because drivers with missing data on sex are excluded from the male and female subcategories. Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Yi, H.; Williams, G.D.; and Hilton, M.E. Surveillance Report #71: Trends in Alcohol-Related Fatal Traffic Crashes, United States, 1977-2003. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (August 2005).