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Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2004 and 2005

(BAC ≥ 0.08 grams per deciliter)

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State	2004			2005
State	Total fatalities	Fatalities involving high blood alcohol	Percent	Total fatalities	Fatalities involving high blood alcohol	Percent
Alabama	1,154	394	34	1,131	382	34
Alaska	101	30	30	72	31	43
Arizona	1,150	376	33	1,177	434	37
Arkansas	704	236	34	648	208	32
California	4,120	1,367	33	4,329	1,466	34
Colorado	665	225	34	606	213	35
Connecticut	291	112	38	274	101	37
Delaware	134	48	36	134	59	44
District of Columbia	43	12	28	48	21	44
Florida	3,244	1,053	32	3,543	1,271	36
Georgia	1,634	450	28	1,729	463	27
Hawaii	142	52	37	140	58	42
Idaho	260	81	31	275	85	31
Illinois	1,356	517	38	1,361	477	35
Indiana	947	254	27	938	273	29
Iowa	390	91	23	450	102	23
Kansas	461	121	26	428	122	28
Kentucky	964	269	28	985	267	27
Louisiana	904	345	38	955	347	36
Maine	194	58	30	169	50	30
Maryland	643	231	36	614	191	31
Massachusetts	476	181	38	442	150	34
Michigan	1,159	367	32	1,129	363	32
Minnesota	567	170	30	559	176	31
Mississippi	900	317	35	931	331	36
Missouri	1,130	388	34	1,257	434	35
Montana	229	100	44	251	112	45
Nebraska	254	78	31	276	78	28
Nevada	395	133	34	427	143	33
New Hampshire	171	51	30	166	55	33
New Jersey	731	227	31	748	217	29
New Mexico	521	185	36	488	172	35
New York	1,493	494	33	1,429	434	30
North Carolina	1,557	496	32	1,534	484	32
North Dakota	100	35	35	123	46	37
Ohio	1,286	418	33	1,323	409	31
Oklahoma	774	245	32	802	249	31
Oregon	456	159	35	488	139	28
Pennsylvania	1,490	541	36	1,616	559	35
Rhode Island	83	41	49	87	34	39
South Carolina	1,046	413	39	1,093	396	36
South Dakota	197	76	39	186	76	41
Tennessee	1,288	454	35	1,270	397	31
Texas	3,583	1,417	40	3,504	1,371	39
Utah	296	70	24	282	35	12
Vermont	98	20	20	73	28	38
Virginia	925	307	33	947	284	30
Washington	563	223	40	647	253	39
West Virginia	411	114	28	374	116	31
Wisconsin	792	318	40	815	328	40
Wyoming	164	54	33	170	56	33
United States, total	42,636	14,409	34	43,443	14,539	33

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2005: Alcohol, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/availinf.html as of Nov. 30, 2006; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Web-based Encyclopedia, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of Nov. 30, 2006.