Traffic Safety Facts 2011 : older population.

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This fact sheet focuses on the older population in the United States, defined as people age 65 and older. In 2011, 13 percent of the total U.S. resident population (41.4 million people) were age 65 and older. In 2011, 5,401 people age 65 and older were killed and 185,000 were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes. These older individuals made up 17 percent of all traffic fatalities and 8 percent of all people injured in traffic crashes during the year. Compared to 2010, fatalities among people age 65 and older and injured persons in this age group decreased by 2 percent. (Author/publisher)

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20130835 ST [electronic version only]
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Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, National Center for Statistics & Analysis NCSA, 2013, 7 p.; DOT HS 811 745

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