ESTIMATED PERCENT OF
DRIVERS IN FATAL CRASHES
WITH A BAC >= .10
1982 1996 1982 1996
Region I Region VI
Connecticut 37.4% 25.2% Arkansas 33.5% 17.2%
Maine 27.1% 20.6% Louisiana 25.4% 22.9%
Massachusetts 32.1% 20.4% New Mexico 34.2% 23.6%
New Hampshire 31.5% 15.4% Oklahoma 27.5% 17.7%
Rhode Island 35.3% 22.7% Texas 38.0% 25.9%
Vermont 30.8% 19.5%
Region VII
Region II Iowa 24.4% 20.6%
New Jersey 25.7% 13.3% Kansas 23.6% 19.5%
New York 22.0% 13.3% Missouri 25.8% 25.0%
* Puerto Rico 22.0% 21.6% Nebraska 25.2% 16.2%
Region III Region VIII
Delaware 35.6% 15.3% Colorado 35.3% 21.6%
DC 24.7% 17.3% Montana 37.4% 23.8%
Maryland 27.7% 11.0% North Dakota 37.6% 31.4%
Pennsylvania 29.9% 19.4% South Dakota 35.5% 21.9%
Virginia 27.5% 18.6% Utah 20.6% 11.1%
West Virginia 29.7% 20.4% Wyoming 31.3% 22.4%
Region IV Region IX
Alabama 29.8% 21.0% Arizona 26.8% 19.0%
Florida 22.5% 14.6% California 30.9% 16.5%
Georgia 29.5% 16.4% Hawaii 33.5% 16.5%
Kentucky 26.9% 17.1% Nevada 36.1% 23.5%
Mississippi 30.0% 21.8%
North Carolina 30.3% 15.2%
South Carolina 29.6% 19.3% Region X
Tennessee 35.3% 19.8% Alaska 35.6% 30.0%
Idaho 25.8% 17.4%
Oregon 35.0% 18.8%
Region V Washington 37.3% 24.3%
Illinois 28.6% 20.8%
Indiana 25.9% 15.6%
Michigan 31.5% 16.9%
Minnesota 29.6% 17.4% Nation 30.0% 18.8%
Ohio 31.2% 15.5%
Wisconsin 36.3% 22.1% * not included in the national totals

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