The purpose of this Crash Stats is to examine the trends among female and male fatalities in motor vehicle crashes from 1996 through 2005. The fatality data used in this report are from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and the population data from the Census Bureau. Major findings were * The female fatalities in motor vehicle crashes accounted for about one-third (32%) of total fatalities from 1996 to 2005. The number of females killed declined by an average 0.7 percent per year compared to an average 1.1 percent increase per year in female population; * The fatalities among males from motor vehicle crashes accounted for about two-thirds (68%) of the total fatalities from 1996 to 2005. The number of males killed increased by an average 0.8 percent per year compared to an average 1.3 percent rise per year in the male population; and * Overall, the data indicates fatalities among males in motor vehicle crashes and male population moved in the same direction from 1996 through 2005, while female fatalities and female population moved in the opposite direction during the same period of time. (Author/publisher)
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