Motor Vehicle Traffic-Related Pedestrian Deaths — United States, 2001–2010
Motor vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in the United States, resulting in 33,687 deaths in 2010. Pedestrian travel makes up 10.5% of all trips (i.e., any travel from one address to another) taken in the United States, and pedestrians represent 13% of all motor vehicle traffic-related deaths. To determine traffic-related pedestrian death rates by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, and urbanization level, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) analyzed 2001–2010 data from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS). The results of that analysis indicated that the overall, annualized, age-adjusted traffic-related pedestrian death rate was 1.58 deaths per 100,000 population. Persons aged ≥75 years and those categorized as American Indian/Alaska Native had the highest death rates, and age group differences varied by race/ethnicity. The results suggest that the overall pedestrian death rate could increase with the aging and growing racial/ethnic diversity of the United States population.
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Authors:
- Naumann, Rebecca B
- Beck, Laurie F
- Publication Date: 2013-4-19
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 277-282
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Serial:
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
- Volume: 62
- Issue Number: 15
- Publisher: Department of Health and Human Services
- ISSN: 0149-2195
- EISSN: 1545-861x
- Serial URL: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Crash data; Fatalities; Gender; Pedestrian vehicle crashes; Persons by race and ethnicity; Statistics; Traffic crashes; Urban areas
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01483479
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 10 2013 9:56AM