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Table 2-4: Shoulder Belt Use

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

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State	1998	2000	2002
Alabama	52	71	79
Alaska	57	61	66
Arizona	62	75	74
Arkansas	53	52	64
California	89	89	91
Colorado	66	65	73
Connecticut	70	76	78
Delaware	62	66	71
District of Columbia	80	83	85
Florida	57	65	75
Georgia	74	74	77
Hawaii	81	80	90
Idaho	57	59	63
Illinois	65	70	74
Indiana	62	62	72
Iowa	77	78	82
Kansas	59	62	61
Kentucky	54	60	62
Louisiana	66	68	69
Maine	61	N	N
Maryland	83	85	86
Massachusetts	51	50	51
Michigan	70	84	83
Minnesota	64	73	80
Mississippi	58	50	62
Missouri	60	68	69
Montana	73	76	78
Nebraska	65	71	70
Nevada	76	79	75
New Hampshire	N	N	N
New Jersey	63	74	81
New Mexico	83	87	88
New York	75	77	83
North Carolina	77	81	84
North Dakota	40	48	63
Ohio	61	65	70
Oklahoma	56	68	70
Oregon	83	84	88
Pennsylvania	68	71	76
Rhode Island	59	64	71
South Carolina	65	74	66
South Dakota	46	53	64
Tennessee	57	59	67
Texas	74	77	81
Utah	67	76	80
Vermont	63	62	85
Virginia	74	70	70
Washington	79	82	93
West Virginia	57	50	72
Wisconsin	62	65	66
Wyoming	50	67	67
United States	69	71	75

KEY: N = data do not exist

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1998-2000 State Shoulder Belt Use Survey Results, Research Note, Washington, DC: May 2001; Safety Belt Use in 2002 - Use Rates in the States and Territories, Research Note, Washington, DC: May 2003, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/availinf.html as of Aug. 26, 2003.