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Motor Vehicle Traffic-Related Pedestrian Deaths — United States, 2001–2010
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Apr 19 2013
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Source: MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2013; 62(15):277-282.
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Journal Article:Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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Description:Motor vehicle traffic crashes are the leading cause of unintentional injury-related death in the United States, resulting in 33,687 deaths in 2010. Pedestrian travel makes up 10.5% of all trips (i.e., any travel from one address to another) taken in the United States, and pedestrians represent 13% of all motor vehicle traffic-related deaths. To determine traffic-related pedestrian death rates by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, and urbanization level, CDC analyzed 2001-2010 data from the National Vital Statistics System (U.S.) (NVSS). The results of that Analysis indicated that the overall, annualized, age-adjusted traffic-related pedestrian death rate was 1.58 deaths per 100,000 population. Persons aged ≥75 years and those categorized as American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) had the highest death rates, and age group differences varied by race/ethnicity. The results suggest that the overall pedestrian death rate could increase with the aging and growing racial/ethnic diversity of the U.S. population. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that the number of persons aged ≥75 years will more than double, from approximately 18 million in 2011 (6% of the U.S. population) to 44 million in 2040 (12% of the population); minority racial/ethnic populations are projected to increase from 116 million in 2010 (37% of the population) to 186 million in 2040 (49% of the population).* Strategies to prevent pedestrian deaths should include consideration of the needs of older adults and cultural differences among racial/ethnic populations.
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ISSN:0149-2195 (print);1545-861X (digital);
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Pubmed ID:23594683
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC4604973
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Pages in Document:6 pdf pages
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Volume:62
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Issue:15
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