Demographics Fact File

In 2003 life expectancy at birth for the total population reached a record high of 77.6 years (preliminary data), up from 75.4 years in 1990
Between 1950 and 2003 the age-adjusted death rate for the total population declined 43 percent to 831 deaths per 100,000 population (preliminary data).
In 2003 American men could expect to live 3 years longer, and women more than 1 year longer, than they did in 1990.

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Date: 11/3/2005

Male teens are more likely than females to die in a motor vehicle crash
- about 2 out of 3 crash death victims ages 13 to 19 in 2003 were males.
According to the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Study of 2003, high school males are more likely than their female counterparts to report driving after drinking (15 percent versus 9 percent, respectively) and are less likely to wear a seat belt (22 percent versus 15 percent never or rarely wear a seat belt, respectively).
There has been a substantial decline in fatal motor vehicle crashes for teens in the last several decades, with males experiencing a larger decline than females.
- Rates among teens ages 15 to 19 have decreased 42 percent for males and 17 percent for females between 1980 and 2002.
For teens ages 15 to 19, the motor vehicle crash rate per 100,000 was 42 in 1980, declined to 33 per 100,000 in 1990, and continued to decline at a slower rate to 25 per 1,000 in 1999.
Seat belt use among youth ages 16 to 24 has steadily increased in the last decade, from 53 percent in 1994 to 77 percent in 2004.

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Date: 10/20/2005

In 2005, the percentage of all children under age 18 who were living with two married parents was at 67 percent.
In 2005, 6 percent of all children lived in the home of their grandparents.
In 2005, 35 percent of black children were living with two parents
In 2005, 10 percent of all black children did not live with either parent

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Date: 10/20/2005