Median Age** Traffic Fatalities:
California Counties 2005

**The median age designates the point where half (50%) of the cases are below the number indicated and half (50%) are above the number indicated.
Median Age by County
Median Age by County Size
Median Age by County Size and Role
Median Age by County and Gender

 

Counties Larger Than 1,000,000 County
 Median Age


Alameda 41
Contra Costa 36
Los Angeles 37
Orange 34
Riverside 36
Sacramento 42
San Bernardino 36
San Diego 33
Santa Clara 39




+ Median age for these 9 counties varies between 33 and 41.

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Counties 100,000 to  1,000,000 County
 Median Age

Butte 36
El Dorado 46
Fresno 32
Humboldt 49
Imperial 38
Kern 30
Kings 32
Madera 30
Marin 34
Merced 35
Monterey 29
Napa 34
Nevada 46
Placer 30
San Francisco 57
San Joaquin 40
San Luis Obispo 37
San Mateo 28
Santa Barbara 30
Santa Cruz 39
Shasta 34
Solano 34
Sonoma 41
Stanislaus 38
Tulare 25
Ventura 38
Yolo 37


Counties Less than 100,000		 County
 Median Age

Alpine 40
Amador 57
Calaveras 51
Colusa 37
Del Norte 48
Glenn 31
Inyo 50
Lake 53
Lassen 44
Mariposa 41
Mendocino 37
Modoc 63
Mono 57
Plumas 41
San Benito 41
Sierra 59
Siskiyou 40
Sutter 26
Tehama 40
Trinity 49
Tuolumne 58
Yuba 47





+ San Francisco has a median age distinctly higher than other counties.

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+ The median age may fluzatte quite a bit because of the small numbe of deaths in eachof thee counties.

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+ The median age of death for counties less than 100,000 in size is dramatically higher than other county groups.

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+ The median age for drivers in the less populated counties (under 100,000) is 47, much higher than for drivers in other counties.

+ The median age for passengers in the less populated counties (under 100,000) is 36, much higher than for passengers in other counties.


Median Age 2005 by County and Gender

County Size = 1 Million +



Gender Table Total
Male Female
Median Age Median Age Median Age
Alameda 40 48 41
Contra Costa 35 41 36
Los Angeles 35 42 36
Orange 32 40 34
Riverside 37 36 36
Sacramento 42 41 42
San Bernardino 35 37 36
San Diego 33 34 33
Santa Clara 35 46 39
Table Total 35 40 36

County Size = 100,000 - 1,000,000



Gender Table Total
Male Female
Median Age Median Age Median Age
Butte 37 36 36
El Dorado 44 51 46
Fresno 31 39 32
Humboldt 52 36 49
Imperial 34 41 38
Kern 30 31 30
Kings 33 31 32
Madera 27 34 30
Marin 27 65 36
Merced 33 36 35
Monterey 29 32 29
Napa 29 50 34
Nevada 26 56 46
Placer 31 26 30
San Francisco 46 62 57
San Joaquin 39 41 40
San Luis Obispo 39 25 37
San Mateo 40 21 28
Santa Barbara 30 28 30
Santa Cruz 37 58 39
Shasta 39 34 34
Solano 34 34 34
Sonoma 40 46 41
Stanislaus 41 35 38
Tulare 24 29 25
Ventura 38 34 38
Yolo 36 47 37
Table Total 34 37 35

County Size = Under 100,000



Gender Table Total
Male Female
Median Age Median Age Median Age
Alpine 40 . 40
Amador 57 41 57
Calaveras 51 41 51
Colusa 39 28 37
Del Norte 48 38 48
Glenn 30 34 31
Inyo 47 55 50
Lake 55 30 53
Lassen 47 36 44
Mariposa 34 48 41
Mendocino 33 39 37
Modoc 63 . 63
Mono 44 66 57
Plumas 41 34 41
San Benito 36 41 41
Sierra 64 53 59
Siskiyou 40 45 40
Sutter 27 20 26
Tehama 36 64 40
Trinity 39 50 49
Tuolumne 48 60 58
Yuba 49 46 47
Table Total 44 47 45
 
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