Driver's alcohol involvement* in fatal traffic crashes, according to sex and age, United States, 1998 and 2004.

[crash13.htm, updated 11/06]

Sex and age	Drivers
	1998			2004
	Number		Percent Alcohol-involved	Number		Percent Alcohol-involved
	Total	Alcohol-involved	Percent Alcohol-involved	Total	Alcohol-involved	Percent 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	5,997	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	22.8	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	8.5
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	24.5
Male***
16–24	250	39	15.8	254	36	14.0
16–20	5,517	1,460	26.5	5,435	1,467	27.0
21–24	4,321	1,827	42.3	4,870	2,159	44.3
25–29	4,611	1,746	37.9	4,471	1,762	39.4
30–34	4,196	1,426	34.0	3,886	1,247	32.1
35–39	4,356	1,414	32.5	3,931	1,173	29.8
40–44	3,915	1,087	27.8	4,103	1,179	28.7
45–49	3,130	811	25.9	3,791	983	25.9
50–54	2,572	545	21.2	3,001	648	21.6
55–59	1,884	328	17.4	2,380	447	18.8
60–64	1,396	182	13.0	1,747	276	15.8
65–69	1,212	156	12.9	1,178	158	13.4
70–74	1,102	114	10.4	977	102	10.4
75–79	934	79	8.5	900	84	9.3
80+	1,287	83	6.5	1,206	87	7.2
Total**	40,816	11,345	27.8	42,250	11,838	28.0
Female***
16–24	111	16	14.7	91	13	14.0
16–20	2,250	261	11.6	2,320	305	13.2
21–24	1,292	273	21.1	1,542	348	22.6
25–29	1,600	327	20.4	1,525	292	19.1
30–34	1,518	341	22.5	1,359	259	19.1
35–39	1,641	378	23.0	1,394	270	19.4
40–44	1,327	256	19.3	1,314	236	17.9
45–49	1,071	147	13.7	1,315	219	16.7
50–54	916	87	9.5	1,040	126	12.1
55–59	681	64	9.4	837	84	10.0
60–64	517	32	6.2	648	44	6.7
65–69	536	18	3.4	501	33	6.6
70–74	548	26	4.7	414	16	3.9
75–79	505	18	3.5	485	20	4.0
80+	565	16	2.9	578	20	3.4
Total**	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).