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Drunk Driving Data

Number, Percent, and Rate of Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities in the United States, 1998-2007
YearTotal
Fatalities		Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities
Number% of Total
Fatalities		Fatality Rate
Per 100 Million VMT
1998 41,501 12,546 30.2% 0.48
1999 41,717 12,555 30.1% 0.47
2000 41,945 13,324 31.8% 0.49
2001 42,196 13,290 31.5% 0.48
2002 43,005 13,472 31.3% 0.47
2003 42,884 13,096 30.5% 0.45
2004 42,836 13,099 30.6% 0.44
2005 43,510 13,582 31.2% 0.45
2006 42,078 13,491 31.6% 0.45
2007 41,059 12,998 31.7% 0.43
Total and Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities, 2007 and 2008, by State
State 2007 2008 2007 to 2008 Change
Total
Fatalities		 Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Fatalities		 Total
Fatalities		 Alcohol-Impaired
Driving Fatalities		Total FatalitiesAlcohol-Impaired
Driving Fatalities
#%#%Change% ChangeChange% Change
Alabama 1,110 377 34% 966 315 33% -144 -13% -62 -16%
Alaska 82 25 30% 62 21 33% -20 -24% -4 -16%
Arizona 1,071 337 32% 937 266 28% -134 -13% -71 -21%
Arkansas 649 181 28% 600 171 28% -49 -7.8% -10 -5.5%
California 3,995 1,132 28% 3,434 1,029 30% -561 -14% -103 -9.1%
Colorado 554 167 30% 548 173 32% -6 -1.1% +6 +3.6%
Connecticut 296 111 37% 264 86 32% -32 -11% -25 -23%
Delaware 117 47 41% 121 45 37% +4 +3.4% -2 -4.3%
Dist. of Columbia 44 16 37% 34 9 26% -10 -23% -7 -44%
Florida 3,213 917 29% 2,978 875 29% -235 -7.3% -42 -4.6%
Georgia 1,641 445 27% 1,493 416 28% -148 -9.0% -29 -6.5%
Hawaii 138 44 32% 107 42 39% -31 -22% -2 -4.5%
Idaho 252 71 28% 232 78 34% -20 -7.9% +7 +10%
Illinois 1,248 439 35% 1,043 362 35% -205 -16% -77 -18%
Indiana 898 224 25% 814 208 26% -84 -9.4% -16 -7.1%
Iowa 446 108 24% 412 89 22% -34 -7.6% -19 -18%
Kansas 416 109 26% 385 145 38% -31 -7.5% +36 +33%
Kentucky 864 212 25% 826 200 24% -38 -4.4% -12 -5.7%
Louisiana 993 375 38% 912 338 37% -81 -8.2% -37 -10%
Maine 183 66 36% 155 43 28% -28 -15% -23 -35%
Maryland 614 178 29% 591 152 26% -23 -3.7% -26 -15%
Massachusetts 434 155 36% 363 124 34% -71 -16% -31 -20%
Michigan 1,087 304 28% 980 282 29% -107 -9.8% -22 -7.2%
Minnesota 510 173 34% 456 135 30% -54 -11% -38 -22%
Mississippi 884 316 36% 783 266 34% -101 -11% -50 -16%
Missouri 992 333 34% 960 310 32% -32 -3.2% -23 -6.9%
Montana 277 105 38% 229 91 40% -48 -17% -14 -13%
Nebraska 256 77 30% 208 55 27% -48 -19% -22 -29%
Nevada 373 118 32% 324 107 33% -49 -13% -11 -9.3%
New Hampshire 129 34 26% 139 45 32% +10 +7.8% +11 +32%
New Jersey 724 201 28% 590 154 26% -134 -19% -47 -23%
New Mexico 413 132 32% 366 105 29% -47 -11% -27 -20%
New York 1,332 377 28% 1,231 341 28% -101 -7.6% -36 -9.5%
North Carolina 1,676 497 30% 1,433 423 30% -243 -14% -74 -15%
North Dakota 111 53 48% 104 47 46% -7 -6.3% -6 -11%
Ohio 1,255 389 31% 1,190 356 30% -65 -5.2% -33 -8.5%
Oklahoma 766 223 29% 749 244 33% -17 -2.2% +21 +9.4%
Oregon 455 148 33% 416 136 33% -39 -8.6% -12 -8.1%
Pennsylvania 1,491 504 34% 1,468 496 34% -23 -1.5% -8 -1.6%
Rhode Island 69 22 32% 65 25 38% -4 -5.8% +3 +14%
South Carolina 1,077 464 43% 920 403 44% -157 -15% -61 -13%
South Dakota 146 44 30% 119 34 29% -27 -18% -10 -23%
Tennessee 1,211 377 31% 1,035 327 32% -176 -15% -50 -13%
Texas 3,466 1,333 38% 3,382 1,269 38% -84 -2.4% -64 -4.8%
Utah 299 56 19% 275 46 17% -24 -8.0% -10 -18%
Vermont 66 22 34% 73 12 16% +7 +11% -10 -45%
Virginia 1,027 303 29% 824 294 36% -203 -20% -9 -3.0%
Washington 571 195 34% 521 182 35% -50 -8.8% -13 -6.7%
West Virginia 432 138 32% 380 128 34% -52 -12% -10 -7.2%
Wisconsin 756 314 42% 605 208 34% -151 -20% -106 -34%
Wyoming 150 50 33% 159 67 42% +9 +6.0% +17 +34%
U.S. Total 41,259 13,041 32% 37,261 11,773 32% -3,996 -9.7% -1,268 -9.7%
Puerto Rico 452 142 31% 399 132 33% -53 -12% -10 -7.0%

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