[crash13.htm, updated 11/06]
Sex and age
Drivers
1998
2004
Number
Percent Alcohol-involved
Total
Alcohol-involved
Both sexes
16–24
361
56
15.4
345
48
14.0
16–20
7,767
1,721
22.2
7,755
1,772
22.8
21–24
5,613
2,100
37.4
6,413
2,507
39.1
25–29
6,211
2,073
33.4
5,997
2,053
34.2
30–34
5,714
1,767
30.9
5,245
1,506
28.7
35–39
1,792
29.9
5,326
1,443
27.1
40–44
5,244
1,344
25.6
5,417
1,415
26.1
45–49
4,201
958
5,107
1,203
23.5
50–54
3,489
632
18.1
4,041
774
19.2
55–59
2,565
393
15.3
3,217
531
16.5
60–64
1,913
213
11.2
2,395
319
13.3
65–69
1,748
174
10.0
1,679
190
11.3
70–74
1,651
140
8.5
1,391
118
75–79
1,439
97
6.8
1,385
103
7.5
80+
1,852
100
5.4
1,784
106
6.0
Total**
56,604
13,840
24.5
58,395
14,284
Male***
250
39
15.8
254
36
5,517
1,460
26.5
5,435
1,467
27.0
4,321
1,827
42.3
4,870
2,159
44.3
4,611
1,746
37.9
4,471
1,762
39.4
4,196
1,426
34.0
3,886
1,247
32.1
4,356
1,414
32.5
3,931
1,173
29.8
3,915
1,087
27.8
4,103
1,179
3,130
811
25.9
3,791
983
2,572
545
21.2
3,001
648
21.6
1,884
328
17.4
2,380
447
18.8
1,396
182
13.0
1,747
276
1,212
156
12.9
1,178
158
13.4
1,102
114
10.4
977
102
934
79
900
84
9.3
1,287
83
6.5
1,206
87
7.2
40,816
11,345
42,250
11,838
28.0
Female***
111
16
14.7
91
13
2,250
261
11.6
2,320
305
13.2
1,292
273
21.1
1,542
348
22.6
1,600
327
20.4
1,525
292
19.1
1,518
341
22.5
1,359
259
1,641
378
23.0
1,394
270
19.4
1,327
256
19.3
1,314
236
17.9
1,071
147
13.7
1,315
219
16.7
916
9.5
1,040
126
12.1
681
64
9.4
837
517
32
6.2
44
6.7
536
18
3.4
501
33
6.6
548
26
4.7
414
3.9
505
3.5
485
20
4.0
565
2.9
578
15,089
2,262
15.0
15,384
2,286
14.9
* When alcohol tests were not done or test results are unknown, imputed blood alcohol concentration (BAC) data provided by NHTSA are used.
** Including drivers whose age is unknown.
*** The sum of the male and female drivers may not always equal the number for both sexes in a corresponding category because drivers with missing data on sex are excluded from the male and female subcategories.
Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Yi, H., Chen, C.M., and Williams, G.D. Surveillance Report #76: Trends in Alcohol-Related Fatal Traffic Crashes, United States, 1982–2004. Bethesda, MD: National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research (August 2006).