Impaired Driving Fatality Rates by Age and Sex in Boston Region, 2012 and 2014

2012 and 2014 data on the rate of deaths per 100,000 population for individuals killed in crashes involving a driver with a BAC of 0.08% or higher. The dataset is sourced from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) and was updated on April 28, 2025. It includes rates broken down by age groups and sex for counties in Region 1, which includes Boston.

Use Cases

• Analyze age-specific fatality trends using the `Ages 0-20`, `Ages 21-34`, and `Ages 35+` columns for both 2012 and 2014.
• Compare sex-based fatality rates across years using the `Male, 2012`, `Male, 2014`, `Female, 2012`, and `Female, 2014` columns.
• Assess overall regional trends by aggregating county-level data from the `Counties` and `All Ages` columns.
• Map fatality data to specific locations using the `Location (city)`, `Location (state)`, and `Location (zip)` columns for geospatial analysis.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).
• Provides demographic breakdowns by age group and sex for two distinct years (2012 and 2014).
• Includes geographic detail at the county and city level for Region 1.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Fatality rates based on fewer than 20 deaths are suppressed, resulting in blank cells that may limit analysis for small populations.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) via data.cdc.gov

Collection Method

Administrative data collection from crash reports.

Time Range

2012, 2014

Freshness

Last updated 2025-04-28 15:58:00; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Region 1 - Boston (county-level data)