State | Drivers given BAC tests | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000 | 2003 | |||||||||||
Dead | Alive | All | Dead | Alive | All | |||||||
Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
Total | 18,958 | 74.2 | 9,930 | 31.3 | 28,888 | 50.4 | 19,309 | 72.5 | 9,105 | 28.9 | 28,414 | 48.9 |
Alabama | 490 | 70.3 | 245 | 36.8 | 735 | 53.9 | 46 | 6.7 | 45 | 6.6 | 91 | 6.6 |
Alaska | 44 | 64.7 | 32 | 56.1 | 76 | 60.8 | 32 | 50.0 | 25 | 43.9 | 57 | 47.1 |
Arizona2 | 399 | 77.9 | 108 | 12.9 | 507 | 37.6 | 442 | 71.6 | 95 | 11.0 | 537 | 36.4 |
Arkansas2 | 318 | 72.4 | 222 | 53.8 | 540 | 63.4 | 323 | 73.6 | 189 | 51.8 | 512 | 63.7 |
California2 | 1,795 | 91.6 | 786 | 25.2 | 2,581 | 50.8 | 2,041 | 90.2 | 802 | 23.5 | 2,843 | 50.1 |
Colorado2 | 355 | 86.4 | 156 | 29.9 | 511 | 54.8 | 351 | 89.1 | 116 | 24.6 | 467 | 54.0 |
Connecticut2 | 190 | 85.2 | 72 | 29.6 | 262 | 56.2 | 163 | 87.2 | 66 | 32.0 | 229 | 58.3 |
Delaware | 55 | 84.6 | 65 | 57.0 | 120 | 67.0 | 76 | 84.4 | 52 | 36.4 | 128 | 54.9 |
District of Columbia | 6 | 27.3 | 17 | 42.5 | 23 | 37.1 | 8 | 22.9 | 14 | 22.6 | 22 | 22.7 |
Florida | 1,136 | 65.9 | 572 | 22.5 | 1,708 | 40.0 | 1,197 | 65.1 | 646 | 25.1 | 1,843 | 41.8 |
Georgia | 852 | 87.6 | 965 | 82.1 | 1,817 | 84.6 | 785 | 76.3 | 852 | 69.0 | 1,637 | 72.3 |
Hawaii | 58 | 79.5 | 29 | 26.9 | 87 | 48.1 | 70 | 100.0 | 45 | 46.9 | 115 | 69.3 |
Idaho2 | 130 | 73.9 | 77 | 47.5 | 207 | 61.2 | 141 | 73.4 | 71 | 43.6 | 212 | 59.7 |
Illinois2 | 743 | 87.4 | 216 | 19.2 | 959 | 48.6 | 787 | 88.7 | 224 | 20.1 | 1,011 | 50.5 |
Indiana2 | 388 | 66.6 | 406 | 57.8 | 794 | 61.7 | 358 | 64.6 | 440 | 64.0 | 798 | 64.3 |
Iowa | 177 | 59.2 | 144 | 43.1 | 321 | 50.7 | 134 | 44.4 | 91 | 35.0 | 225 | 40.0 |
Kansas2 | 214 | 65.4 | 162 | 52.3 | 376 | 59.0 | 108 | 34.7 | 105 | 31.0 | 213 | 32.8 |
Kentucky | 325 | 59.4 | 215 | 40.2 | 540 | 49.9 | 344 | 53.8 | 214 | 33.1 | 558 | 43.4 |
Louisiana2 | 483 | 81.6 | 457 | 71.7 | 940 | 76.5 | 365 | 62.5 | 389 | 64.9 | 754 | 63.7 |
Maine | 96 | 91.4 | 114 | 91.9 | 210 | 91.7 | 129 | 86.6 | 97 | 71.9 | 226 | 79.6 |
Maryland | 338 | 94.4 | 57 | 11.1 | 395 | 45.3 | 326 | 85.3 | 96 | 15.6 | 422 | 42.3 |
Massachusetts2 | 196 | 76.6 | 28 | 8.0 | 224 | 37.0 | 194 | 71.3 | 7 | 2.0 | 201 | 32.7 |
Michigan2 | 655 | 78.6 | 490 | 41.7 | 1,145 | 57.0 | 571 | 71.2 | 395 | 36.9 | 966 | 51.6 |
Minnesota2 | 379 | 93.6 | 321 | 67.2 | 700 | 79.3 | 342 | 77.7 | 251 | 57.7 | 593 | 67.8 |
Mississippi2 | 449 | 72.9 | 398 | 64.2 | 847 | 68.5 | 342 | 55.3 | 127 | 25.2 | 469 | 41.8 |
Missouri2 | 548 | 75.8 | 98 | 11.5 | 646 | 41.0 | 645 | 76.7 | 167 | 20.5 | 812 | 49.1 |
Montana | 45 | 30.4 | 36 | 26.5 | 81 | 28.5 | 145 | 80.6 | 80 | 57.6 | 225 | 70.5 |
Nebraska2 | 142 | 80.2 | 134 | 69.8 | 276 | 74.8 | 163 | 85.3 | 156 | 76.5 | 319 | 80.8 |
Nevada2 | 152 | 89.4 | 76 | 33.2 | 228 | 57.1 | 171 | 84.7 | 106 | 36.2 | 277 | 56.0 |
New Hampshire2 | 77 | 84.6 | 41 | 53.2 | 118 | 70.2 | 74 | 90.2 | 38 | 45.2 | 112 | 67.5 |
New Jersey2 | 341 | 81.4 | 223 | 35.7 | 564 | 54.0 | 188 | 44.5 | 108 | 17.2 | 296 | 28.2 |
New Mexico2 | 214 | 87.3 | 62 | 19.8 | 276 | 49.5 | 226 | 97.4 | 86 | 32.1 | 312 | 62.4 |
New York2 | 493 | 63.9 | 32 | 2.6 | 525 | 26.2 | 306 | 37.7 | 48 | 4.1 | 354 | 17.9 |
North Carolina | 456 | 47.2 | 48 | 4.0 | 504 | 23.3 | 937 | 96.1 | 72 | 6.3 | 1,009 | 47.5 |
North Dakota2 | 40 | 75.5 | 18 | 34.0 | 58 | 54.7 | 64 | 87.7 | 21 | 32.8 | 85 | 62.0 |
Ohio2 | 695 | 73.9 | 287 | 29.0 | 982 | 50.9 | 820 | 93.9 | 352 | 35.4 | 1,172 | 62.8 |
Oklahoma | 332 | 78.5 | 11 | 2.4 | 343 | 38.6 | 369 | 84.1 | 106 | 21.7 | 475 | 51.2 |
Oregon2 | 263 | 92.0 | 139 | 40.2 | 402 | 63.6 | 250 | 83.9 | 178 | 54.4 | 428 | 68.5 |
Pennsylvania2 | 878 | 88.4 | 238 | 21.3 | 1,116 | 52.9 | 943 | 89.7 | 287 | 24.6 | 1,230 | 55.4 |
Rhode Island | 49 | 98.0 | 4 | 8.7 | 53 | 55.2 | 63 | 94.0 | 9 | 12.2 | 72 | 51.1 |
South Carolina2 | 220 | 32.2 | 67 | 9.2 | 287 | 20.3 | 490 | 74.4 | 78 | 11.4 | 568 | 42.3 |
South Dakota2 | 79 | 81.4 | 73 | 60.8 | 152 | 70.0 | 111 | 88.8 | 73 | 76.8 | 184 | 83.6 |
Tennessee2 | 658 | 75.7 | 439 | 50.3 | 1,097 | 63.0 | 593 | 73.1 | 412 | 51.2 | 1,005 | 62.2 |
Texas | 1,259 | 56.5 | 952 | 33.6 | 2,211 | 43.7 | 1,298 | 56.9 | 735 | 26.9 | 2,033 | 40.6 |
Utah2 | 118 | 58.4 | 137 | 51.7 | 255 | 54.6 | 106 | 62.4 | 107 | 51.7 | 213 | 56.5 |
Vermont | 47 | 88.7 | 22 | 57.9 | 69 | 75.8 | 46 | 97.9 | 16 | 31.4 | 62 | 63.3 |
Virginia | 439 | 73.8 | 16 | 2.3 | 455 | 35.4 | 438 | 69.2 | 11 | 1.6 | 449 | 34.4 |
Washington2 | 341 | 90.5 | 119 | 24.4 | 460 | 53.2 | 325 | 88.3 | 79 | 18.6 | 404 | 50.9 |
West Virginia2 | 264 | 96.7 | 72 | 28.8 | 336 | 64.2 | 253 | 90.7 | 70 | 26.6 | 323 | 59.6 |
Wisconsin2 | 471 | 87.5 | 192 | 33.7 | 663 | 59.8 | 529 | 90.7 | 222 | 40.5 | 751 | 66.4 |
Wyoming | 66 | 78.6 | 40 | 44.0 | 106 | 60.6 | 81 | 79.4 | 34 | 35.8 | 115 | 58.4 |
1 Blood alcohol concentration.
2 As of January 1, 2003, the State had enacted laws requiring BAC tests on drivers killed in traffic accidents (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2003).