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2007 Traffic Fatalities by State and Percent Change from 2006
State	2006	2007	% Change	State	2006	2007	% Change
AL	1, 207	1,110	-8	NE	269	256	-5
AK	74	84	+14	NV	431	373	-13
AZ	1,293	1,066	-18	NH	127	129	+2
AR	655	650	-2	NJ	771	724	-6
CA	4,140	3,974	-6	NM	484	413	-15
CO	535	554	+4	NY	1,454	1,333	-8
CT	311	277	-11	NC	1,554	1,675	+8
DE	148	117	-21	ND	111	111	0
DC	37	44	+19	OH	1,238	1,257	+2
FL	3,357	3,214	-4	OK	765	754	-1
GA	1,693	1,641	-3	OR	478	455	-5
HI	161	138	-14	PA	1,525	1,491	-2
ID	267	252	-6	RI	81	69	-15
IL	1,254	1,249	-0	SC	1,045	1,066	+2
IN	902	898	-0	SD	191	146	-24
IA	439	445	+1	TN	1,284	1,210	-6
KS	468	416	-11	TX	3,531	3,363	-5
KY	913	864	-5	UT	287	299	+4
LA	987	985	-0	VT	87	66	-24
ME	188	183	-3	VA	962	1,027	+7
MD	652	614	-6	WA	633	568	-10
MA	429	417	-3	WV	410	431	+5
MI	1,086	1,088	+0	WI	724	756	+4
MN	494	504	+2	WY	195	150	-23
MS	911	884	-3	USA	42,708	41,059	-4
MO	1,096	992	-9
MT	264	277	+5	PR	509	452	-11

People Killed and Injured and Fatality and Injury Rates, 1997-2007
Killed
Year	Killed	Resident Population (Thousands)	Fatality Rate per 100,000 Population	Licensed Drivers (Thousands)	Fatality Rate per 100,000 Licensed Drivers	Registered Motor Vehicles (Thousands)	Fatality Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles	Fatality Rate per 100 Million VMT
1997	42,013	267,784	15.69	182,709	22.99	203,568	20.64	1.64
1998	41,501	270,248	15.36	184,861	22.45	208,076	19.95	1.58
1999	41,717	272,691	15.3	187,170	22.29	212,685	19.61	1.55
2000	41,945	282,194	14.86	190,625	22.0	217,028	19.33	1.53
2001	42,196	285,112	14.8	191,276	22.06	221,230	19.07	1.51
2002	43,005	287,888	14.94	194,602	22.1	225,685	19.06	1.51
2003	42,884	290,448	14.76	196,166	21.86	230,633	18.59	1.48
2004	42,836	293,192	14.61	198,889	21.54	237,949	18.00	1.44
2005	43,510	295,896	14.70	200,549	21.70	245,628	17.71	1.46
2006	42,708	298,755	14.30	202,810	21.06	251,423	16.99	1.42
2007	41,059	301,621	13.61	-	-	257,708	15.93	1.37
Injured
Year	Injured	Resident Population (Thousands)	Injury Rate per 100,000 Population	Licensed Drivers (Thousands)	Injury Rate per 100,000 Licensed Drivers	Registered Motor Vehicles (Thousands)	Injury Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles	Injury Rate per 100 Million VMT
1997	3,348,000	267,784	1,250	182,709	1,832	203,568	1,644	131
1998	3,192,000	270,248	1,181	184,861	1,727	208,076	1,534	121
1999	3,236,000	272,691	1,187	187,170	1,729	212,685	1,522	120
2000	3,189,000	282,194	1,130	190,625	1,673	217,028	1,469	116
2001	3,033,000	285,112	1,064	191,276	1,585	221,230	1,371	108
2002	2,926,000	287,888	1,016	194,602	1,503	225,685	1,296	102
2003	2,889,000	290,448	995	196,166	1,473	230,633	1,252	100
2004	2,788,000	293,192	951	198,889	1,402	237,949	1,172	94
2005	2,699,000	295,896	912	200,549	1.346	245,628	1,099	90
2006	2,575,000	298,755	862	202,810	1,269	251,423	1,024	85
2007	2,491,000	301,621	826	-	-	257,708	966	83

Sources: Vehicle Miles of Travel and Licensed Drivers-Federal Highway Administration; Registered

Vehicles-R.L. Polk & Co. and Federal Highway Administration; Population-U.S. Bureau of the Census.

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