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Projecting Fatalities in Crashes Involving Older Drivers, 2000-2025

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B.2.1.2. Projection Adjustments to Account for Differences Between DRI<br />

and NPTS Income Data<br />

Our <strong>in</strong>come projections <strong>in</strong>to the year <strong>2025</strong> are taken from DRI estimates. These DRI<br />

estimates <strong>in</strong>clude 1995 values as well. The 1995 NPTS averages are anywhere from one and<br />

a half to two and a half times those of the DRI estimates. Thus, <strong>in</strong> our “driver” and crash rate<br />

projections, we adjusted the DRI <strong>in</strong>come estimates by a factor associated with the differences<br />

<strong>in</strong> the two sources’ 1995 estimates by gender and age. These adjustment factors (ratio of<br />

average 1995 NPTS <strong>in</strong>come to 1995 DRI estimates) are found <strong>in</strong> Table B.7 below.<br />

Table B.7. Ratio of Average 1995 NPTS Income to 1995 DRI Estimates,<br />

by Gender and Age<br />

Men Women<br />

65-69 1.566251 2.748448<br />

70-74 1.633565 2.592415<br />

75-79 1.684624 2.269106<br />

80-84 1.815173 2.124292<br />

85+ 1.783454 1.916215<br />

B.2.2 Health Index (The Modified Health Factor Score)<br />

Our projections reflect no change <strong>in</strong> the health <strong>in</strong>dex scores <strong>in</strong> the future. For<br />

explanation of how these scores were calculated, see Section 5.1.<br />

B.2.3 Employment Status<br />

Our employment status projections are based on projections to 2008 by the Bureau<br />

of Labor Statistics. These gender and age specific projection trends were then extrapolated<br />

<strong>in</strong>to the year <strong>2025</strong>, and can be seen <strong>in</strong> Table B.8.<br />

GM Project G.6 B - 10<br />

October <strong>2000</strong>

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