Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2003 and 2004
Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2003 and 2004
(BAC ≥ 0.08 grams per deciliter)
State | 2003 | 2004 | ||||
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Total fatalities | Fatalities involving high blood alcohol | Percent | Total fatalities | Fatalities involving high blood alcohol | Percent | |
Alabama | 1,004 | 361 | 36 | 1,154 | 394 | 34 |
Alaska | 98 | 33 | 34 | 101 | 30 | 30 |
Arizona | 1,118 | 411 | 37 | 1,150 | 376 | 33 |
Arkansas | 640 | 201 | 31 | 704 | 236 | 34 |
California | 4,224 | 1,377 | 33 | 4,120 | 1,367 | 33 |
Colorado | 642 | 228 | 36 | 665 | 225 | 34 |
Connecticut | 298 | 119 | 40 | 291 | 112 | 38 |
Delaware | 142 | 51 | 36 | 134 | 48 | 36 |
District of Columbia | 67 | 31 | 46 | 43 | 12 | 28 |
Florida | 3,169 | 1,101 | 35 | 3,244 | 1,053 | 32 |
Georgia | 1,603 | 416 | 26 | 1,634 | 450 | 28 |
Hawaii | 133 | 52 | 39 | 142 | 52 | 37 |
Idaho | 293 | 89 | 30 | 260 | 81 | 31 |
Illinois | 1,454 | 540 | 37 | 1,356 | 517 | 38 |
Indiana | 833 | 223 | 27 | 947 | 254 | 27 |
Iowa | 443 | 119 | 27 | 390 | 91 | 23 |
Kansas | 469 | 172 | 37 | 461 | 121 | 26 |
Kentucky | 928 | 242 | 26 | 964 | 269 | 28 |
Louisiana | 940 | 370 | 39 | 904 | 345 | 38 |
Maine | 207 | 69 | 33 | 194 | 58 | 30 |
Maryland | 650 | 215 | 33 | 643 | 231 | 36 |
Massachusetts | 462 | 172 | 37 | 476 | 181 | 38 |
Michigan | 1,283 | 396 | 31 | 1,159 | 367 | 32 |
Minnesota | 655 | 223 | 34 | 567 | 170 | 30 |
Mississippi | 872 | 291 | 33 | 900 | 317 | 35 |
Missouri | 1,232 | 414 | 34 | 1,130 | 388 | 34 |
Montana | 262 | 108 | 41 | 229 | 100 | 44 |
Nebraska | 293 | 99 | 34 | 254 | 78 | 31 |
Nevada | 368 | 156 | 42 | 395 | 133 | 34 |
New Hampshire | 127 | 42 | 33 | 171 | 51 | 30 |
New Jersey | 733 | 238 | 32 | 731 | 227 | 31 |
New Mexico | 439 | 176 | 40 | 521 | 185 | 36 |
New York | 1,493 | 470 | 31 | 1,493 | 494 | 33 |
North Carolina | 1,553 | 452 | 29 | 1,557 | 496 | 32 |
North Dakota | 105 | 46 | 44 | 100 | 35 | 35 |
Ohio | 1,274 | 401 | 31 | 1,286 | 418 | 33 |
Oklahoma | 671 | 223 | 33 | 774 | 245 | 32 |
Oregon | 512 | 176 | 34 | 456 | 159 | 35 |
Pennsylvania | 1,577 | 541 | 34 | 1,490 | 541 | 36 |
Rhode Island | 104 | 54 | 52 | 83 | 41 | 49 |
South Carolina | 969 | 426 | 44 | 1,046 | 413 | 39 |
South Dakota | 203 | 89 | 44 | 197 | 76 | 39 |
Tennessee | 1,193 | 398 | 33 | 1,288 | 454 | 35 |
Texas | 3,821 | 1,551 | 41 | 3,583 | 1,417 | 40 |
Utah | 309 | 39 | 13 | 296 | 70 | 24 |
Vermont | 69 | 21 | 30 | 98 | 20 | 20 |
Virginia | 943 | 311 | 33 | 925 | 307 | 33 |
Washington | 600 | 226 | 38 | 563 | 223 | 40 |
West Virginia | 394 | 126 | 32 | 411 | 114 | 28 |
Wisconsin | 848 | 342 | 40 | 792 | 318 | 40 |
Wyoming | 165 | 50 | 30 | 164 | 54 | 33 |
United States, total | 42,884 | 14,678 | 34 | 42,636 | 14,409 | 34 |
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2004: Alcohol, Washington, DC: 2005, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/availinf.html as of Nov. 4, 2005; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Web-based Encyclopedia, available at http://www-fars.nthsa.dot.gov as of Nov. 4, 2005.