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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Theor Popul Biol. 2011 May 12;80(1):38–48. doi: 10.1016/j.tpb.2011.05.002

Table 1.

Proportion of Total, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Homicide, and Suicide Deaths & Change in Motor Vehicle Accidents, Homicide, and Suicide Mortality Rates: 1970 and 2005, Males and Females.

Total Deaths Motor Vehicle Accidents Homicide Suicide




Age
Group
Prop. of Deaths Prop. of Deaths Δ
Mort. Rate
Prop. of Deaths Δ
Mort. Rate
Prop. of Deaths Δ
Mort. Rate




1970 2005 1970 2005 1970 2005 1970 2005
Male
0–1 3.9 0.9 0.4 0.6 −63.1 0.2 1.4 78.7 0 0
1–4 0.6 0.2 13.8 13.7 −68.7 2 8.7 35.2 0 0
5–9 0.5 0.1 27.3 22.9 −75.4 1.2 4.5 11.3 0 0.1 1.1
10–14 0.5 0.2 24.4 21.5 −63.5 2.8 5.8 −15.1 1.8 8.3 85.7
15–19 1.4 0.9 40.6 27.4 −52.9 8.1 15.3 32 5.6 10.7 33.9
20–24 1.6 1.4 37.3 23.7 −49.7 11.8 15.5 4 8.5 11.1 3.5
25–29 1.2 1.3 27.3 17.7 −47.6 13.9 14.1 −18 9.7 11.3 −5.6
30–34 1.2 1.3 18.4 14.4 −43.3 11.8 10.2 −37 8.6 12 1.6
35–39 1.6 1.5 12.1 11.3 −44 7.7 6.1 −51.8 6.7 11.1 −0.4
40–44 2.6 2.2 7.7 8.5 −40.3 4.3 3.9 −51.2 4.8 9.3 4.4
45–49 4.1 3 4.9 6.2 −41.6 2.4 2.4 −53.4 3.6 7.1 −7.2
50–54 5.9 3.5 3.1 4.6 −40.3 1.3 1.4 −57.6 2.5 5.2 −15.1
55–59 8.2 4.1 2.2 3.2 −48.8 0.7 0.7 −64.7 1.8 3.4 −32.7
60–64 10.4 4.8 1.5 2 −50.8 0.4 0.4 −62.9 1.2 2.1 −32.8
65–69 11.9 5.7 1.1 1.3 −51.1 0.2 0.2 −66.5 0.8 1.3 −41.1
70–74 12.7 7.8 0.9 0.9 −52.1 0.1 0.1 −54.5 0.6 0.9 −32.7
75–79 12.6 11.3 0.7 0.6 −54 0.1 0.1 −46.2 0.5 0.7 −18.5
80–84 10.1 15.3 0.6 0.4 −52 0.1 0 −66.7 0.4 0.4 −15.6
85–89 6.1 15.9 0.4 0.2 −36.1 0 0 −68.2 0.3 0.2 −14.6
90–94 2.3 12.3 0.3 0.1 −47.1 0 0 −71.2 0.1 0.1 30.4
95–99 0.5 5.3 0.1 0 −20.5 0 0 0.1 0 24.9
Female
100+ 0.1 1.2 0.3 0 −67.7 0 0 0 0
0–1 3.7 1.4 0.6 0.4 −67.2 0.2 0.8 58.8 0 0
1–4 0.6 0.2 13.3 11.5 −66.6 2.5 6.7 1.3 0 0
5–9 0.4 0.1 23 19.9 −64.4 1.6 3.4 −13.3 0 0
10–14 0.4 0.2 22.2 17.2 −53.3 3 4.5 −8.7 1 3.5 110.9
15–19 0.7 0.4 36.8 32.2 −30 5.2 5 −22.6 4.7 5.5 −5.2
20–24 0.7 0.6 27 19.5 −35.7 8.3 6.3 −32.3 7.4 5.7 −31.7
25–29 0.7 0.6 15 11.8 −33.7 7.2 5.3 −37.8 9.5 5.2 −53.6
30–34 0.8 0.8 10.6 8.7 −32.9 4.7 3.6 −37.3 7.7 5.4 −42.4
35–39 1.2 1.3 7.1 5.7 −36.7 3.3 2.7 −36.4 6.1 4.1 −47.6
40–44 2 2.4 4.6 3.5 −33.1 2 1.4 −39.1 4.6 3 −42.8
45–49 3.1 3.8 3.2 2.2 −38.9 1 0.7 −36.1 3 2.1 −35.4
50–54 4.2 5.2 2.5 1.3 −51.1 0.5 0.3 −44 2 1.3 −39.8
55–59 5.6 6.5 1.7 1 −47.3 0.3 0.2 −45.5 1.3 0.8 −46.2
60–64 7.2 7.4 1.3 0.7 −46.8 0.2 0.1 −43.2 0.8 0.4 −49.7
65–69 9.4 8.4 1 0.6 −46 0.1 0.1 −34 0.4 0.2 −54.5
70–74 12.1 10.7 0.7 0.4 −52.6 0.1 0.1 −24.7 0.3 0.1 −60.5
75–79 14.6 13.7 0.5 0.4 −44.9 0 0 −23.2 0.1 0.1 −50.3
80–84 14.7 15.3 0.3 0.3 −35.1 0 0 −37 0.1 0.1 −33.7
85–89 10.9 12.2 0.1 0.3 −8.7 0 0 −14.7 0 0.1 −28.5
90–94 5.3 6.6 0.1 0.2 −1.1 0 0 −52 0 0 −59
95–99 1.5 1.9 0.1 0.1 −75.1 0 0 0 0 −40.2
100+ 0.2 0.3 0 0.2 0.1 0 −100 0 0

Note: Prop. is proportion, Mort. is mortality, and Δ represents change For age groups and causes in which no deaths occurred in 1970 and 2005, the change is not applicable (–). Source: Mortality Detail Files, 1970 and 2005, and Human Mortality Database.