Table 2-18:  Alcohol Involvement in Recreational Boating Accidents: 2005,,,,,
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State,Total number of accidents,Accidents involving alcohol,,,
,,Total number of accidents,Percent of state total,Persons killed,Persons injured
Alabama,69,6,8.7,1,5
Alaska,54,9,16.7,5,5
Arizona,194,24,12.4,1,37
Arkansas,68,7,10.3,4,10
California,630,57,9.0,32,36
Colorado,45,4,8.9,1,2
Connecticut,49,5,10.2,1,4
Delaware,18,1,5.6,0,0
District of Columbia,1,0,0.0,0,0
Florida,603,48,8.0,18,39
Georgia,111,13,11.7,5,13
Hawaii,10,0,0.0,0,0
Idaho,54,9,16.7,4,6
Illinois,101,17,16.8,8,16
Indiana,41,5,12.2,0,3
Iowa,53,12,22.6,5,7
Kansas,24,4,16.7,1,2
Kentucky,58,9,15.5,8,6
Louisiana,126,19,15.1,8,19
Maine,46,8,17.4,5,4
Maryland,183,11,6.0,3,16
Massachusetts,45,7,15.6,6,6
Michigan,161,27,16.8,11,24
Minnesota,114,22,19.3,11,12
Mississippi,23,4,17.4,1,6
Missouri,202,48,23.8,14,51
Montana,12,1,8.3,1,0
Nebraska,28,3,10.7,1,1
Nevada,93,20,21.5,4,15
New Hampshire,45,2,4.4,0,3
New Jersey,100,7,7.0,0,6
New Mexico,31,3,9.7,2,2
New York,190,17,8.9,4,22
North Carolina,164,17,10.4,3,7
North Dakota,9,1,11.1,0,5
Ohio,132,16,12.1,6,14
Oklahoma,62,14,22.6,4,13
Oregon,51,4,7.8,3,0
Pennsylvania,61,6,9.8,6,4
Rhode Island,38,0,0.0,0,0
South Carolina,83,10,12.0,3,5
South Dakota,18,2,11.1,1,3
Tennessee,114,13,11.4,3,11
Texas,144,17,11.8,5,7
Utah,79,5,6.3,1,6,,,,,
Vermont,2,0,0.0,0,0,,,,,
Virginia,127,20,15.7,5,13,,,,,
Washington,128,24,18.8,9,18,,,,,
West Virginia,14,2,14.3,1,1,,,,,
Wisconsin,127,14,11.0,5,16,,,,,
Wyoming,10,2,20.0,2,1,,,,,
U.S. total (excluding territories),"4,953",596,12.0,222,502,,,,,
U.S. total (including territories)1,"4,969",597,12.0,222,502,,,,,
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"1 Includes accidents in Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and those occurring offshore.",,,,,,,,,,
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NOTE: Alcohol involvement in a boating accident includes any accident in which alcoholic beverages are consumed in the boat and the investigating official has determined that the operator was impaired or affected while operating the boat.,,,,,,,,,,
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"SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard, Boating Statistics 2005, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www.uscgboating.org/statistics/Boating_Statistics_2005.pdf as of Oct.6, 2006.",,,,,,,,,,
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