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. 2001 Nov;91(11):1792–1795. doi: 10.2105/ajph.91.11.1792

TABLE 1.

—State-Specific All-Terrain Vehicle–Related Death Rates, 1990–1999

(No. of Deaths) Rate per 100 000
Female Male
State 1–16 17–49 50–64 65–84 1–16 17–49 50–64 65–84 Total
Helmet and Other Safety Equipment Requireda
California (8) 0.02 (6) 0.01 (23) 0.06 (67) 0.08 (7) 0.05 (117) 0.04
Delaware (4)
Florida (11) 0.03 (28) 0.19 (44) 0.14 (91) 0.07
Kentucky (6) 0.06 (27) 0.61 (44) 0.47 (85) 0.23
Maine (5) 0.36 (21) 0.69 (40) 0.33
Massachusetts (8) 0.05 (14) 0.02
Michigan (5) 0.02 (31) 0.27 (45) 0.19 (6) 0.10 (90) 0.10
Minnesota (5) 0.04 (24) 0.43 (21) 0.18 (61) 0.14
Missouri (18) 0.29 (24) 0.19 (53) 0.10
New Hampshire (8) 0.27 (12) 0.11
New Jersey (10) 0.05 (11) 0.01
New York (21) 0.10 (49) 0.11 (79) 0.04
North Dakota (5) 0.32 (11) 0.18
Oregon (8) 0.22 (20) 0.26 (40) 0.13
Pennsylvania (8) 0.06 (6) 0.02 (39) 0.30 (72) 0.26 (6) 0.07 (5) 0.07 (137) 0.12
Rhode Island (1)
Tennessee (6) 0.11 (30) 0.51 (50) 0.39 (94) 0.19
Texas (7) 0.03 (12) 0.03 (30) 0.12 (33) 0.07 (8) 0.07 (94) 0.05
Utah (6) 0.21 (18) 0.59 (15) 0.32 (46) 0.24
Virginia (11) 0.15 (19) 0.11 (41) 0.06
Wisconsin (19) 0.31 (33) 0.27 (59) 0.12
Machine-Related Requirementsb
Alaska (7) 0.81 (16) 0.94 (37) 0.55
Arizona (6) 0.56 (12) 0.23 (36) 0.35 (6) 0.23 (62) 0.15
Arkansas (6) 2.11 (18) 0.61 (34) 0.61 (7) 0.42 (5) 0.37 (75) 0.31
Colorado (5) 0.11 (9) 0.09 (20) 0.06
Connecticut (7) 0.02
Georgia (9) 0.11 (5) 0.03 (22) 0.25 (22) 0.12 (61) 0.09
Idaho (5) 0.34 (6) 0.39 (9) 0.33 (27) 0.24
Illinois (21) 0.15 (23) 0.08 (53) 0.05
Indiana (13) 0.19 (16) 0.11 (40) 0.07
Iowa (7) 0.21 (15) 0.23 (5) 0.26 (33) 0.12
Kansas (12) 0.38 (11) 0.18 (29) 0.12
Louisiana (17) 0.31 (19) 0.18 (44) 0.10
Maryland (9) 0.02
Montana (12) 0.14
Nebraska (8) 0.40 (18) 0.11
Nevada (13) 0.09
New Mexico (5) 0.23 (6) 0.15 (18) 0.11
Ohio (17) 0.13 (22) 0.08 (51) 0.05
Oklahoma (15) 0.38 (7) 0.09 (28) 0.09
South Dakota (5) 0.30 (14) 0.20
Vermont (5) 0.75 (11) 0.74 (19) 0.34
Washington (7) 0.05 (14) 0.03
Wyoming (10) 0.22
No Safety Legislationc
Alabama (17) 0.35 (22) 0.22 (49) 0.12
Hawaii (2)
Mississippi (7) 0.22 (30) 0.88 (20) 0.32 (65) 0.25
North Carolina (28) 0.35 (56) 0.31 (94) 0.13
South Carolina (6) 0.14 (5) 0.06 (16) 0.04
Washington, DC (2)
West Virginia (10) 0.55 (10) 0.23 (20) 1.04 (64) 1.51 (9) 0.67 (10) 0.98 (124) 0.70
Totals
United States (138) 0.05 (133) 0.02 (11) 0.01 (9) 0.01 (657) 0.21 (1052) 0.16 (126) 0.07 (100) 0.80 (2226) 0.09
Sex (291) 0.02 (1935) 0.16

aRate for 1180 deaths = 0.08.

bRate for 694 deaths = 0.09.

cRate for 352 deaths = 0.17.