[crash13.txt, updated 09/05]

Driver's alcohol involvement in fatal traffic crashes, according to
sex and age, United States, 2000 and 2003.
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                                    Drivers
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                          2000                       2003
Sex and age   --------------------------  -------------------------
                   Number                    Number
              ----------------  Percent   --------------   Percent
               Total  Alcohol-  Alcohol-  Total  Alcohol-  Alcohol-
       	              involved  involved         involved  involved
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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
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* 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).