[crash13.txt, updated 11/06]

Driver’s alcohol involvement* in fatal traffic crashes, according to
sex and age, United States, 1998 and 2004.
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                                    Drivers
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                          1998                       2004
Sex and age   --------------------------  -------------------------
                   Number                     Number
              ----------------  Percent   --------------   Percent
               Total  Alcohol-  Alcohol-  Total  Alcohol-  Alcohol-
                      involved  involved         involved  involved
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Both sexes
Under 16         361       56      15.4      345      48      14.0
16–20          7,767    1,721      22.2    7,755   1,772      22.8
21–24          5,613    2,100      37.4    6,413   2,507      39.1
25–29          6,211    2,073      33.4    5,997   2,053      34.2
30–34          5,714    1,767      30.9    5,245   1,506      28.7
35–39          5,997    1,792      29.9    5,326   1,443      27.1
40–44          5,244    1,344      25.6    5,417   1,415      26.1
45–49          4,201      958      22.8    5,107   1,203      23.5
50–54          3,489      632      18.1    4,041     774      19.2
55–59          2,565      393      15.3    3,217     531      16.5
60–64          1,913      213      11.2    2,395     319      13.3
65–69          1,748      174      10.0    1,679     190      11.3
70–74          1,651      140       8.5    1,391     118       8.5
75–79          1,439       97       6.8    1,385     103       7.5
80+            1,852      100       5.4    1,784     106       6.0
Total**       56,604   13,840      24.5   58,395  14,284      24.5

Male***
Under 16         250       39      15.8      254      36      14.0
16–20          5,517    1,460      26.5    5,435   1,467      27.0
21–24          4,321    1,827      42.3    4,870   2,159      44.3
25–29          4,611    1,746      37.9    4,471   1,762      39.4
30–34          4,196    1,426      34.0    3,886   1,247      32.1
35–39          4,356    1,414      32.5    3,931   1,173      29.8
40–44          3,915    1,087      27.8    4,103   1,179      28.7
45–49          3,130      811      25.9    3,791     983      25.9
50–54          2,572      545      21.2    3,001     648      21.6
55–59          1,884      328      17.4    2,380     447      18.8
60–64          1,396      182      13.0    1,747     276      15.8
65–69          1,212      156      12.9    1,178     158      13.4
70–74          1,102      114      10.4      977     102      10.4
75–79            934       79       8.5      900      84       9.3
80+            1,287       83       6.5    1,206      87       7.2
Total**       40,816   11,345      27.8   42,250  11,838      28.0

Female***
Under 16         111       16      14.7       91      13      14.0
16–20          2,250      261      11.6    2,320     305      13.2
21–24          1,292      273      21.1    1,542     348      22.6
25–29          1,600      327      20.4    1,525     292      19.1
30–34          1,518      341      22.5    1,359     259      19.1
35–39          1,641      378      23.0    1,394     270      19.4
40–44          1,327      256      19.3    1,314     236      17.9
45–49          1,071      147      13.7    1,315     219      16.7
50–54            916       87       9.5    1,040     126      12.1
55–59            681       64       9.4      837      84      10.0
60–64            517       32       6.2      648      44       6.7
65–69            536       18       3.4      501      33       6.6
70–74            548       26       4.7      414      16       3.9
75–79            505       18       3.5      485      20       4.0
80+              565       16       2.9      578      20       3.4
Total**       15,089    2,262      15.0   15,384   2,286      14.9
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* When alcohol tests were not done or test results are unknown,
imputed blood alcohol concentration (BAC) data provided by NHTSA are used.

** Including drivers whose age is unknown.

*** 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., Chen, C.M.,
        and Williams, G.D. Surveillance Report #76:  Trends
        in Alcohol-Related Fatal Traffic Crashes, United States,
        1982-2004.  Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol
        Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and
        Prevention Research (August 2006).