Show Youth of Nation Tops Death List in U S Auto Fatalities AUTO DEATH RATE I AMONG YOUTH Nu Number number u Ir J T J J T Years Years Years Years Years ier r Years Yens Years Years Deaths 1750 I 1500 OO 1250 1000 7 O In tbt 9 t o s aman a tt att t 1 nd o y pays pas tile the heaviest lest toll In annual autom automobile fatalities From five fin to fifteen years is the period when hen the of fatal accidents occur for both sexes The chart shows the age ase distribution of automobile deaths for men and women as given II in the latest mortality figures pr prepared pared b by the government go These figures says sars the Ste Warner Stewart Safety Council for the prevention pre of automobile accidents emphasize the need for more playgrounds and increased safety safety education among school children Complete statistics are arc pot possible as ns only 85 83 p per r cent of the Unite United States keeps mortality records About a n year ar Is generally conceded to tobe tobe tobe be the annual number of automobile automobile fa fatalities tali ties For males known to ha have e been killed In one year rear thc e there were ere only n a third as many women or 2843 28 3 k It spite of o the fact that thc lie m male population is only 4 percent percent greater than the female tale 1 This chart does not take Into consideration the Americans who are Injured annually by br automobiles automobiles Such lIch figures are arc rot not available a E except ept In certaIn states but that boys bOJ's nUll and girls n again aln make irp up p the bulk of o such casualties is Ig indicated b by t thee the e records of New York state suite kept for the first nine months of 1 1023 1925 Ilea Herr Here or practically on one on third of the thc Injured Wen w r f under fifteen years Sears of age i n |