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Arrests for Driving Under the Influence among Adult Drivers

 

The NSDUH Report:  Arrests for Driving Under the Influence among Adult Drivers

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  • By combining data from SAMHSA's National Surveys on Drug Use and Health in 2002 and 2003, SAMHSA estimated the annual average rates of driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol or illicit drugs and of DUI arrests among adults aged 21 or older.
  • An estimated 30.7 million persons aged 21 or older (16.6% of adult drivers) reported driving under the influence of alcohol or illegal drugs during the past year; of these, 1.2 million (0.6% of adult drivers) were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or illicit drugs during the past year. 
  • Among drivers aged 21 and older, 5.9% of those reporting that they had driven under the influence of both alcohol and illicit drugs during the past year had been arrested for DUI in the past year, 4.8% of those driving under the influence of only illicit drugs, and 2.9% of those who had driven under the influence of only alcohol during the past year had been arrested for DUI in the past year.

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This Short Report, The NSDUH Report:  Arrests for Driving Under the Influence among Adult Drivers, is based on SAMHSA's  National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.   SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health also provides estimates for drug use and for selected mental health measures by State.

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