08/25/2005
Table 1 |
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Alcohol and non-Alcohol Traffic |
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Fatalities By Ethnic Group, 1990-1994 |
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Alcohol |
non-Alcohol |
Percent Alcohol |
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Native American |
2,197 |
1,029 |
68.1% |
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Mexican |
7,968 |
6,625 |
54.6% |
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Other Hispanic/unknown |
1,834 |
1,657 |
52.5% |
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African American |
11,072 |
13,424 |
45.2% |
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Total |
23,071 |
22,735 |
50.4% |
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Puerto Rican |
529 |
654 |
44.7% |
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White |
65,309 |
82,449 |
44.2% |
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Cuban |
1,005 |
1,741 |
36.6% |
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Central/South American |
240 |
473 |
33.7% |
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Asian/Pacific Islander |
1,094 |
2,785 |
28.2% |
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Source: Pacific Research Institute for Research and Evaluation, "Ethnicity and Alcohol Related Fatalities: 1990-2004," February 9, 2000. |
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Table 2 |
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Motor Vehicle Death Rates |
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by Race/Ethnicity, 1994 |
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Deaths per |
Percentage of |
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100,000 Population |
Total Deaths |
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Caucasian |
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Males |
21.7 |
2.4% |
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Females |
9.8 |
1.2% |
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African-American |
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Males |
24.3 |
2.4% |
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Females |
9.4 |
1.3% |
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Asian-Pacific Islander |
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Males |
12.7 |
3.5% |
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Females |
7.6 |
3.0% |
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Hispanic American |
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Males |
24.2 |
5.7% |
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Females |
8.1 |
2.8% |
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Source: Pacific Research Institute for Research and Evaluation, "Ethnicity and Alcohol Related Fatalities: 1990-2004," February 9, 2000. |
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Edwin S. Rubenstein is President of ESR Research Economic Consultants in Indianapolis.