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Table 2-6: Safety Belt Use

(Percent of drivers and passengers in the front right seat)

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State	1999	2001	2003	2004
Alabama	58	79	77	80
Alaska	61	63	79	77
Arizona	71	74	86	95
Arkansas	57	55	63	64
California	89	91	91	90
Colorado	65	72	78	79
Connecticut	73	78	78	83
Delaware	64	67	75	82
District of Columbia	78	84	85	87
Florida	59	70	73	76
Georgia	74	79	85	87
Hawaii	80	83	92	95
Idaho	58	60	72	74
Illinois	66	71	80	83
Indiana	57	67	82	83
Iowa	78	81	87	86
Kansas	63	61	64	68
Kentucky	59	62	66	66
Louisiana	67	68	74	75
Maine	N	N	N	72
Maryland	83	83	88	89
Massachusetts	52	56	62	63
Michigan	70	82	85	91
Minnesota	72	74	79	82
Mississippi	55	62	62	63
Missouri	61	68	73	76
Montana	74	76	80	81
Nebraska	68	70	76	79
Nevada	80	75	79	87
New Hampshire	N	N	50	N
New Jersey	63	78	81	82
New Mexico	88	88	87	90
New York	76	80	85	85
North Carolina	78	83	86	86
North Dakota	47	58	64	67
Ohio	65	67	75	74
Oklahoma	61	68	77	80
Oregon	83	88	90	93
Pennsylvania	70	71	79	82
Rhode Island	67	63	74	76
South Carolina	65	70	73	66
South Dakota	N	63	70	69
Tennessee	61	68	69	72
Texas	74	76	84	83
Utah	67	78	85	86
Vermont	70	67	82	80
Virginia	70	72	75	80
Washington	81	83	95	94
West Virginia	52	52	74	76
Wisconsin	65	69	70	72
Wyoming	N	N	N	70
United States	67	73	79	80

KEY: N = data do not exist.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Safety Belt Use in 2004 - Use Rates in the States and Territories, Washington, DC: November 2004, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/RNotes/2004/809813.pdf as of Dec. 1, 2004.