Figure 3.6 is titled "Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol in the Past Year among Persons Aged 16 or Older, by Age: 2004." It is a bar graph, where age (in years) is shown on the horizontal axis, and the percentage driving under the influence in the past year is shown on the vertical axis. There are twelve categories of age in years.

The percentage of persons driving under the influence of alcohol in the past year was 10.2 percent among 16 or 17 year olds, 20.2 percent among 18 to 20 year olds, 28.2 percent among 21 to 25 year olds, 24.1 percent among 26 to 29 year olds, 18.4 percent among 30 to 34 year olds, 16.9 percent among 35 to 39 year olds, 18.7 percent among 40 to 44 year olds, 14.7 percent among 45 to 49 year olds, 11.8 percent among 50 to 54 year olds, 8.2 percent among 55 to 59 year olds, 5.7 percent among 60 to 64 year olds, and 2.4 percent among persons 65 or older.

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