ESTIMATED PERCENT OF
ALCOHOL RELATED FATALITIES
(DRIVER OR NONOCCUPANT BAC >= .01)
	1982	1996			1982	1996
Region I				Region VI
Connecticut	68.3%	49.2%		Arkansas	61.1%	34.7%
Maine	49.6%	37.5%		Louisiana	54.6%	51.4%
Massachusetts	59.6%	44.4%		New Mexico	63.6%	50.1%
New Hampshire	58.4%	34.7%		Oklahoma	56.1%	36.3%
Rhode Island	66.1%	48.4%		Texas	68.5%	53.2%
Vermont	64.3%	43.9%
				Region VII
Region II				Iowa	47.0%	42.5%
New Jersey	56.0%	34.2%		Kansas	45.0%	40.9%
New York	47.1%	33.4%		Missouri	50.1%	49.4%
*Puerto Rico	48.9%	53.3%		Nebraska	48.0%	33.6%
Region III				Region VIII
Delaware	65.9%	41.0%		Colorado	62.3%	39.6%
DC	59.8%	49.2%		Montana	65.8%	37.1%
Maryland	54.4%	33.0%		North Dakota	64.1%	53.4%
Pennsylvania	58.5%	39.1%		South Dakota	60.1%	39.9%
Virginia	52.8%	38.6%		Utah	38.3%	23.7%
West Virginia	50.8%	38.0%		Wyoming	55.3%	40.6%
Region IV				Region IX
Alabama	55.7%	42.6%		Arizona	56.3%	43.9%
Florida	46.6%	36.9%		California	58.9%	40.2%
Georgia	58.6%	36.0%		Hawaii	61.4%	44.4%
Kentucky	53.9%	35.2%		Nevada	66.7%	50.1%
Mississippi	56.3%	41.6%
North Carolina	60.1%	35.1%
South Carolina	59.0%	42.4%		Region X
Tennessee	62.4%	40.2%		Alaska	54.7%	51.1%
				Idaho	44.0%	33.8%
				Oregon	62.8%	42.2%
Region V				Washington	63.5%	50.0%
Illinois	58.6%	45.0%
Indiana	48.5%	34.1%
Michigan	59.6%	40.7%
Minnesota	54.5%	37.9%		Nation	57.3%	40.9%
Ohio	56.5%	33.0%
Wisconsin	61.6%	42.4%		* not included in national totals