TABLE 5: STATEWIDE RACIAL BREAKDOWN OF CHILD PEDESTRIAN INJURIES AND FATALITIES —1996 |
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| Race/Ethnicity | Pedestrian Fatalities 1996 |
Pedestrian Injuries 1996 |
Total Pedestrian Incidents 1996 |
Percent Share of Total Incidents |
Percent Share of Total Population |
| Hispanic | 61 |
992 |
1053 |
47.9 |
38.5 |
| White | 49 |
572 |
621 |
28.3 |
42.1 |
| Black | 18 |
294 |
312 |
14.2 |
7.8 |
| Asian | 4 |
122 |
126 |
5.7 |
11.0 |
| Unknown/ Other |
0 |
75 |
75 |
3.4 |
-- |
| Native American | 4 |
7 |
11 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
| TOTAL | 136 |
2062 |
2198 |
100.0 |
100.0 |
| Prepared by Latino Issues Forum Source; California Department of Health
Services, Death Records; California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development,
Hospital Discharge Dataset; California Department of Finance. Note: Age group for incidents and for population is all Californians 0-20 years; share of total population is based on California Department of Finance 1996 estimates. Data is based on fatal and nonfatal hospitalized injuries. |
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