TABLE 2.
Number of motor vehicle traffic-related pedestrian deaths and annualized death rates,* by urbanization level of area, age group, and race/ethnicity — National Vital Statistics System, United States, 2001–2010
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| Characteristic | No. | Annualized death rate (95% CI) | No. | Annualized death rate (95% CI) | No. | Annualized death rate (95% CI) | No. | Annualized death rate (95% CI) | No. | Annualized death rate (95% CI) | No. | Annualized death rate (95% CI) |
| Overall | 17,401 | 2.01 (1.98–2.04) | 9,595 | 1.34 (1.31–1.37) | 9,179 | 1.52 (1.49–1.55) | 3,986 | 1.38 (1.34–1.43) | 4,410 | 1.42 (1.38–1.46) | 2,821 | 1.47 (1.41–1.52) |
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| 0–14 | 1,296 | 0.72 (0.68–0.76) | 724 | 0.50 (0.46–0.54) | 810 | 0.65 (0.60–0.69) | 366 | 0.64 (0.57–0.70) | 405 | 0.67 (0.61–0.74) | 248 | 0.69 (0.60–0.78) |
| 15–24 | 1,821 | 1.44 (1.37–1.51) | 1,292 | 1.38 (1.30–1.46) | 1,155 | 1.32 (1.24–1.40) | 561 | 1.22 (1.12–1.32) | 631 | 1.42 (1.31–1.53) | 464 | 1.86 (1.69–2.03) |
| 25–34 | 2,044 | 1.51 (1.44–1.58) | 1,197 | 1.30 (1.23–1.37) | 1,104 | 1.44 (1.36–1.52) | 499 | 1.39 (1.27–1.51) | 552 | 1.54 (1.41–1.67) | 381 | 1.78 (1.60–1.96) |
| 35–44 | 2,722 | 2.08 (2.00–2.16) | 1,476 | 1.31 (1.24–1.38) | 1,496 | 1.79 (1.70–1.88) | 629 | 1.64 (1.51–1.77) | 737 | 1.80 (1.67–1.93) | 461 | 1.78 (1.62–1.94) |
| 45–54 | 3,123 | 2.60 (2.51–2.69) | 1,726 | 1.59 (1.51–1.67) | 1,715 | 2.03 (1.93–2.13) | 772 | 1.94 (1.80–2.08) | 752 | 1.71 (1.59–1.83) | 440 | 1.52 (1.38–1.66) |
| 55–64 | 2,176 | 2.60 (2.49–2.71) | 1,177 | 1.56 (1.47–1.65) | 1,036 | 1.66 (1.56–1.76) | 446 | 1.48 (1.34–1.62) | 470 | 1.34 (1.22–1.46) | 294 | 1.22 (1.08–1.36) |
| 65–74 | 1,702 | 3.36 (3.20–3.52) | 819 | 1.85 (1.72–1.98) | 769 | 1.94 (1.80–2.08) | 303 | 1.55 (1.38–1.72) | 355 | 1.49 (1.34–1.64) | 217 | 1.27 (1.10–1.44) |
| 75–84 | 1,794 | 5.19 (4.95–5.43) | 841 | 2.87 (2.68–3.06) | 778 | 2.91 (2.71–3.11) | 286 | 2.23 (1.97–2.49) | 353 | 2.29 (2.05–2.53) | 213 | 1.97 (1.71–2.23) |
| ≥85 | 681 | 5.24 (4.85–5.63) | 331 | 3.01 (2.69–3.33) | 295 | 3.01 (2.67–3.35) | 119 | 2.52 (2.07–2.97) | 145 | 2.54 (2.13–2.95) | 101 | 2.46 (1.98–2.94) |
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| White | 7,335 | 1.57 (1.53–1.61) | 6,151 | 1.14 (1.11–1.17) | 5,489 | 1.25 (1.21–1.28) | 2,676 | 1.20 (1.15–1.24) | 2,998 | 1.18 (1.13–1.22) | 1,849 | 1.13 (1.08–1.18) |
| Black | 3,892 | 2.57 (2.49–2.65) | 1,548 | 2.01 (1.90–2.11) | 1,460 | 2.38 (2.26–2.51) | 579 | 2.19 (2.00–2.37) | 652 | 2.60 (2.39–2.80) | 416 | 2.62 (2.37–2.87) |
| Hispanic | 4,715 | 2.74 (2.65–2.83) | 1,430 | 2.27 (2.13–2.41) | 1,703 | 2.64 (2.50–2.78) | 470 | 2.10 (1.89–2.31) | 432 | 2.26 (2.02–2.50) | 179 | 1.89 (1.59–2.19) |
| A/PI | 1,095 | 1.83 (1.72–1.94) | 344 | 1.34 (1.18–1.49) | 298 | 1.54 (1.36–1.71) | 55 | 1.47 (1.04–2.01) | 77 | 1.72 (1.36–2.16) | —† | — |
| AI/AN | 142 | 3.58 (2.97–4.18) | 71 | 2.55 (1.96–3.25) | 180 | 4.18 (3.53–4.82) | 186 | 6.24 (5.31–7.16) | 226 | 5.09 (4.41–5.77) | 358 | 7.04 (6.29–7.79) |
Abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; A/PI = Asian/Pacific Islander; AI/AN = American Indian/Alaska Native.
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Per 100,000 population. Death rates overall and by race/ethnicity are age-adjusted.
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Data not shown because of small numbers.