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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2013 Apr 23;23(6):377–380. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.04.001

Table 1.

Incidence of traffic fatality for Non-Appalachian US and Appalachia, 2008-2010

Non-Appalachian US Appalachia

Number Rate/100,000 Number Rate/100,000 Rate Ratio (95% CI)
Total total 92,272 10.92 11,919 15.79 1.45 (1.42,1.47)
urban 65,668 9.12 6,158 12.92 1.42 (1.38,1.45)
rural 26,603 21.30 5,761 20.71 0.97 (0.95,1.00)
Gender
Male total 65,049 15.66 8,373 22.60 1.44 (1.41,1.48)
urban 46,603 13.21 4,307 18.50 1.40 (1.36,1.45)
rural 18,445 29.53 4,066 29.54 1.00 (0.97,1.03)
Female total 27,200 6.33 3,542 9.21 1.45 (1.40,1.51)
ruban 19,048 5.19 1,850 7.59 1.46 (1.39,1.53)
rural 8,152 13.05 1,692 12.03 0.92 (0.88,0.97)
Age (years)
0-14 total 3,501 2.07 379 2.71 1.31 (1.18,1.46)
urban 2,389 1.64 173 1.94 1.18 (1.01,1.37)
rural 1,112 4.63 206 4.06 0.88 (0.76,1.02)
15-24 total 20,648 17.17 2,568 24.88 1.45 (1.39,1.51)
urban 14,836 14.35 1,358 20.57 1.43 (1.36,1.52)
rural 5,812 34.42 1,210 32.54 0.95 (0.89,1.01)
25-64 total 53,565 11.97 7,002 17.57 1.47 (1.43,1.51)
urban 38,257 9.98 3,631 14.36 1.44 (1.39,1.49)
rural 15,307 23.86 3,371 23.13 0.97 (0.93,1.01)
65+ total 14,397 13.39 1,952 17.27 1.29 (1.23,1.35)
ruban 10,058 11.47 985 14.40 1.26 (1.18,1.34)
rural 4,339 21.85 967 21.67 0.99 (0.93,1.06)

Note: Boldface indicates significant difference when compared with the rest of the US.