Motor Vehicle Deaths, Crashes, and Risky Behavior among Young People in Texas
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Data Source
Texas Vital Statistics (VSTAT)Contact information
Author: Ursula Solorzano, BS, MPH
Death data: VSTAT@dshs.texas.gov
Trauma and Injury: injury.epi@dshs.texas.gov
Youth Risk Behavior: YRBS@dshs.texas.gov
Sources
Fatalities
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1. Adolescent health. Who.int. (2020). Retrieved 28 May 2020, from https://www.who.int/southeastasia/health-topics/adolescent-health.
“Underlying Cause of Death Among Texas Residents Aged 15-24 Years Old, 2017”
- Leading Causes of Death
- Data Source: Texas Death Certificate Data
- Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics 8/7/20
- Definitions:
- Unintentional Injuries: Accidents [Injuries]
- Suicide Injuries: Intentional Self-Harm [Suicide]
- Assault Injuries: Assault [Homicide]
- Transport Accidents
- List of Included Underlying Causes-of-Death: Motorcycle rider injured in crashes: Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident: V20-V29 Occupant of 3-wheeled vehicle injured in crashes: Occupant of 3-wheeled vehicle injured in transport accident: V30-V39 Car occupant injured in crash: Car occupant injured in transport accident: V40-V49 Occupant of pickup truck or van injured in crashes: Occupant of pickup truck or van injured in transport accident: V50-V59 Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in crashes: Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in car accident: V60-V69 Bus occupant injured in crashes: Bus occupant injured in transport accident: V70-V79
- Data Source: Texas Death Certificate Data Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics 7/22/2020
- “–” Counts of 1-9 are suppressed to prevent the identification of individuals in confidential data. Additional counts are suppressed to prevent the back-calculation of suppressed small counts (supplementary suppression).
“MV Fatalities by Age Group & Sex, 2014-2018”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Centers for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. (2005). Retrieved 1 March, 2020, Available from: www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars
*Cause or mechanism of the injury: Transportation-Related, Motor vehicle, traffic, Occupant.
“Deaths Due to Motor Vehicle Accidents for 15-24 Year Old Texas Residents by Race & Ethnicity, 2016-2017”
List of Included Underlying Causes-of-Death: - V20-V29: Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident - V40-V49: Car occupant injured in transport accident - V50-V59: Occupant of pickup truck or van injured in transport accident
Data Source: Texas Death Certificate Data
Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics
Crashes
“In-Text citation”
Texas Motor Vehicle Traffic Crash Facts Calendar Year 2019. Txdot.gov. (2019). Retrieved 1 August 2020, from http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/trf/crash_statistics/2019/01.pdf.
“Ages of Texas Drivers in Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2017-2019”
- This data includes “Drivers in Fatal Crashes”, “Drivers in Suspected Serious Injury Crashes”, “Drivers in Non-Incapacitating Injury Crashes”, Drivers in Possible Injury Crashes”, “Drivers in Non-Injury Crashes”, and “Drivers in Unknown Injury Crashes”.
- Annotations: TxDPS - How to apply for a Texas Driver License as a Teen. Dps.texas.gov. (2020). Retrieved 7 September 2020, from https://www.dps.texas.gov/DriverLicense/teenDriver.htm.
“Seat Belt Use by Age, 2017-2019”
“DUI Drivers, Aged 15-24, Involved in Crashes, 2017-2019”
Data source for both graphs: Texas Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics - 2003-2019. Texas Department of Transportation. (2019). Retrieved 1 August 2020, from https://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/forms-publications/drivers-vehicles/publications/annual-summary.html.
Information contained in these reports represents reportable data collected from Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Reports(CR-3) received and processed by the Department as of May 6, 2019.
YRBS
Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). TEXAS HEALTH DATA. (2019). Retrieved 1 August 2020, from http://healthdata.dshs.texas.gov/dashboard/surveys-and-profiles/youth-risk-behavior-survey.
“Safety Questions: Texas vs. United States, 2013 & 2017”
Results | YRBSS | Data | Adolescent and School Health | CDC. Cdc.gov. (2020). Retrieved 7 September 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/data/yrbs/results.htm.
Map
“Deaths Due to Motor Vehicle Accidents for Texas Residents Aged 15-24 years-old by Public Health Region, 2016-2017”
- List of Included Underlying Causes-of-Death: Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident: V20-V29 – Occupant of 3-wheeled vehicle injured in transport accident: V30-V39 Car occupant injured in transport accident: V40-V49 – Occupant of pickup truck or van injured in transport accident: V50-V59 – Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in car accident: V60-V69 Bus occupant injured in transport accident: V70-V79 – Data Source: Texas Death Certificate Data – Prepared by: Texas Department of State Health Services, Center for Health Statistics 8/7/20
CDC
CDC MV PICCS Widget. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2019). Retrieved 1 June 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/features/mv-piccs-widget/index.html.