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tre report 113| Cost of Aviation Accidents and IncidentsFIGURE 3.3 COMPOSITION OF COMMON COSTS IN 1996Workplace – non-victim* 2%Investigation* 4%Insurance administration*8%Emergency services* 2%Legal* 1%Property damage47%Loss of quality of life36%Note: Common costs total $44.6 M in 1996 dollars.* Categories marked with an asterisk represent 17 per cent of the total common costs. They are not rigorouslyestimated in this paper but are included as a contingency.Source: BTE (1998) table 5.115KEY PARAMETERSIn BTE (1998), analysis was based on 51 fatalities in 1996. For thosewith known age, the average age is nearly 42. Of the 37 fatalities in2003/04, the ATSB provided ages for all but four people. For theproductive output loss analysis, these four were allocated an averageage of 35 years, which is the average age of those with known age whodied in 2003/04. Of fatalities where gender was known, 76 per centwere male (26 of 34).In this update compared to BTE (1998), the average number of yearsof productivity losses per fatality has increased for two reasons.The average age of fatalities in BTE (1998) was 42 years and was 35in 2003/04. This is not matched by a reduction in retirement age andso adds seven years of lost productive working life for each fatality. Theconsequences are discussed in chapter 5 under the heading SENSITIVITYANALYSIS.Additionally, the latest life expectancy tables 19 were used, rather thanthe data from 1992 used in BTE (1998). Life expectancy for a personkilled—at average age of about 40 for those killed in aircraft accidents—19 ABS (2004b).