Older population.

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There are 26 million people age 70 years and older in the United States. In 2003, this age group made up 9.0 percent of the total U.S. resident population, compared with 8.8 percent in 1993. From 1993 to 2003, the growth rate for this older segment of the population was 15 percent higher than the growth rate of the total population. There were 19.9 million older licensed drivers in 2002 (2003 data not available) — a 29 percent increase from the number in 1992. In contrast, the total number of licensed drivers increased by only 12 percent from 1992 to 2002. Older drivers made up 10 percent of all licensed drivers in 2002, compared with 9 percent in 1992. In 2003, 145,000 older individuals were injured in traffic crashes, accounting for 5 percent of all the people injured in traffic crashes during the year. These older individuals made up 12 percent of all traffic fatalities, 12 percent of all vehicle occupant fatalities, and 16 percent of all pedestrian fatalities. Most traffic fatalities involving older drivers in 2003 occurred during the daytime (82 percent), on weekdays (71 percent), and involved another vehicle (74 percent). (Author/publisher)

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C 37191 [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, 2003, 4 p.; NHTSA Traffic Safety Facts 2003 Data / DOT HS 809 766

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