Compare by Region: The colored gauge gives a visual representation of how your community is
doing in comparison to other communities. The three-colored dial represents the distribution of values from the
reporting regions (e.g. counties in the state) ordered from those doing the best to those doing the worst (sometimes
lower values are better and in other cases higher values are better). From that distribution, the green represents the
top 50th percentile, the yellow represents the 25th to 50th percentile, and the red represents the "worst" quartile.
Compare by Average: This gauge shows how the Sonoma County value compares with the median or mean value for all counties in the
state (or all US counties). The gauge is blue and white when being higher (or lower) is not necessarily good or bad and is multi-colored when
being higher (or lower) is good or bad.
Compare by Time Period: This gauge shows whether the Sonoma County value is increasing or decreasing over time. A green arrow means
the value is improving and a red arrow means the value is getting worse. The = (equal) sign means that there is not a significant increase or
decrease since the last measurement.
Target: This gauge shows whether or not the Sonoma County value meets a specific target. The Sonoma County value is represented by the
left bar and the target value by the right bar.
Target: This gauge shows whether or not a specific target is met. A green check means
the target is met and a red "X" means the target is not met.
Red > 23.9 Green <= 14.5 In-between = Yellow Unit: deaths/100,000 population View the Legend
Death Rate due to Motor Vehicle Collisions
Value:
8.1 deaths/100,000 population
Measurement Period:
2008
Location:
County : Sonoma
Categories:
Public Safety / Transportation Safety Transportation / Personal Vehicle Travel Health / An Overview of Mortality Data
What is this Indicator? This indicator shows the deaths per 100,000 population attributable to motor vehicle crashes.
Why this is important: Motor vehicle-related injuries kill more children and young adults than any other single cause in the United States. More than 41,000 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes each year, and crash injuries result in about 500,000 hospitalizations and four million emergency department visits annually.
The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the age-adjusted motor vehicle crash death rate to 9.2 deaths per 100,000 population.
Technical Note: Motor vehicle deaths were divided by provisional population estimates, and multiplied by 100,000 to determine deaths per 100,000 population. The distribution is based on 58 California counties.
Source of population estimates: U.S. Census Bureau.
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Public Safety / Transportation Safety Transportation / Personal Vehicle Travel Health / An Overview of Mortality Data
What is this Indicator? This indicator shows the deaths per 100,000 population attributable to motor vehicle crashes.
Why this is important: Motor vehicle-related injuries kill more children and young adults than any other single cause in the United States. More than 41,000 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes each year, and crash injuries result in about 500,000 hospitalizations and four million emergency department visits annually.
The Healthy People 2010 national health target is to reduce the age-adjusted motor vehicle crash death rate to 9.2 deaths per 100,000 population.
Technical Note: Motor vehicle deaths were divided by provisional population estimates, and multiplied by 100,000 to determine deaths per 100,000 population. The trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement period. Confidence intervals were not taken into account in determining the direction of the trend.
Source of population estimates: U.S. Census Bureau.
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