Percentage Distributions of BACs Among Alcohol-Involved Drivers, According to Sex and Age, United States, 1977-99
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BAC Level
Sex, ------------------------------------------------------
Year, and 0.01- 0.05- 0.08- 0.10- 0.15- 0.20- 0.25-
Age 0.04 0.07 0.09 0.14 0.19 0.24 0.29 0.30+
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Both sexes
1999
16-19 13.8 10.7 9.4 26.3 21.2 12.7 5.0 1.0
20-24 9.0 8.8 7.7 24.0 26.7 15.7 5.9 2.2
25-34 7.5 5.9 6.0 19.5 25.1 20.7 11.4 4.0
35-44 7.7 4.8 5.0 17.8 22.2 21.3 13.9 7.4
45+ 13.6 7.2 5.6 14.5 20.0 19.4 11.0 8.8
Total 9.6 6.9 6.3 19.6 23.4 18.9 10.2 5.1
1998
16-19 15.2 11.5 9.6 25.4 22.2 11.3 2.9 2.0
20-24 7.4 8.7 6.4 25.1 27.1 16.5 6.9 2.0
25-34 8.2 6.0 5.3 18.6 26.6 19.3 11.2 4.9
35-44 7.9 5.3 4.3 15.7 23.9 20.4 14.3 8.2
45+ 13.7 5.4 4.9 14.2 21.3 18.9 12.5 9.1
Total 9.7 6.8 5.6 19.0 24.6 18.2 10.6 5.7
1997
16-19 13.1 10.9 9.2 28.5 22.2 10.6 4.0 1.5
20-24 9.4 7.9 6.7 23.8 26.7 17.0 7.2 2.4
25-34 8.8 6.8 6.0 19.2 25.5 19.5 9.9 4.4
35-44 6.3 4.6 5.2 16.5 22.8 22.0 14.7 7.9
45+ 12.6 7.0 4.6 16.3 19.3 20.5 12.6 7.2
Total 9.4 6.9 6.0 19.7 23.4 19.0 10.5 5.1
1996
16-19 15.2 11.5 8.2 29.9 20.9 11.2 2.7 0.5
20-24 8.7 8.9 8.1 23.2 26.1 16.1 6.7 2.3
25-34 7.2 6.4 5.1 19.7 24.0 21.1 11.1 5.4
35-44 7.2 5.7 4.7 16.0 22.6 22.1 13.8 8.1
45+ 11.0 7.5 4.8 16.2 19.9 19.3 12.9 8.3
Total 8.9 7.4 5.8 19.8 23.1 19.1 10.4 5.5
1995
16-19 14.8 13.3 10.8 24.9 22.1 9.0 4.0 1.2
20-24 8.3 9.7 8.1 23.6 24.4 17.6 6.0 2.3
25-34 6.8 6.6 5.0 20.4 24.9 19.8 10.9 5.6
35-44 7.7 5.9 4.6 16.2 21.3 21.0 15.6 7.7
45+ 11.7 6.0 4.4 15.7 20.2 21.5 13.3 7.3
Total 8.8 7.5 5.9 19.7 23.0 19.1 10.8 5.3
1994
16-19 17.1 11.5 9.4 28.0 19.5 9.0 3.6 1.9
20-24 8.7 8.5 7.6 23.5 25.3 16.3 7.2 2.9
25-34 7.2 6.3 5.2 17.5 24.7 20.9 12.4 5.8
35-44 6.7 5.4 3.7 15.3 21.8 21.1 16.2 9.8
45+ 10.6 5.9 4.9 15.1 18.8 21.2 13.6 10.0
Total 8.9 7.0 5.7 18.9 22.8 18.9 11.5 6.3
1993
16-19 15.6 11.7 7.4 27.9 22.4 9.6 3.9 1.5
20-24 7.1 7.8 6.4 25.3 25.4 18.7 7.0 2.4
25-34 6.8 5.9 6.1 18.8 23.2 22.0 11.1 6.1
35-44 7.5 5.5 4.4 15.1 21.0 23.7 13.9 9.0
45+ 11.4 6.7 4.4 16.5 19.5 17.7 13.6 10.2
Total 8.5 6.9 5.7 19.9 22.6 19.9 10.5 6.1
1992
16-19 13.0 13.0 8.2 25.9 23.7 10.3 4.7 1.2
20-24 9.6 7.7 7.3 22.5 26.0 17.2 7.1 2.6
25-34 6.2 5.6 5.3 18.0 25.4 21.1 12.3 6.1
35-44 7.6 4.9 4.5 14.7 22.9 21.9 15.2 8.3
45+ 11.5 7.6 5.3 15.1 18.4 21.4 13.4 7.3
Total 8.6 6.9 5.8 18.6 23.9 19.5 11.2 5.5
1991
16-19 13.7 12.3 8.8 26.5 20.7 12.5 3.6 2.0
20-24 7.6 8.4 6.7 23.9 26.7 17.6 6.8 2.2
25-34 6.2 5.8 4.8 18.6 24.9 21.9 12.2 5.6
35-44 7.1 5.4 3.8 14.6 22.0 22.3 15.7 9.2
45+ 11.8 6.2 5.2 14.6 20.5 19.4 12.8 9.6
Total 8.2 7.0 5.5 19.3 23.8 19.7 10.8 5.7
1990
16-19 13.5 11.3 8.8 26.9 22.9 11.8 3.7 1.2
20-24 8.8 7.6 5.8 24.1 25.4 17.4 8.0 2.9
25-34 6.7 6.4 4.7 17.7 24.4 22.8 11.9 5.5
35-44 7.3 4.7 4.7 16.3 23.2 20.9 13.7 9.3
45+ 12.6 6.5 4.9 14.4 20.1 19.8 12.2 9.4
Total 8.8 6.9 5.4 19.4 23.7 19.7 10.6 5.7
1989
16-19 13.6 11.5 10.2 25.2 22.5 13.0 3.0 1.1
20-24 7.7 7.5 7.5 24.2 25.1 18.0 7.3 2.7
25-34 7.0 5.8 5.1 17.9 24.2 21.9 12.3 5.8
35-44 6.4 4.9 4.6 16.6 21.7 22.3 14.4 9.2
45+ 11.1 6.2 4.4 14.8 20.9 21.5 12.5 8.6
Total 8.4 6.7 6.1 19.5 23.3 20.0 10.5 5.5
1988
16-19 15.0 12.5 8.7 26.2 20.5 11.7 3.9 1.5
20-24 8.8 8.5 6.0 23.6 25.6 17.8 6.7 3.1
25-34 6.8 6.0 4.8 17.4 24.5 22.3 12.6 5.7
35-44 7.3 4.8 3.8 15.8 22.8 23.3 13.7 8.5
45+ 12.0 7.2 3.8 14.9 18.6 21.0 13.2 9.4
Total 9.0 7.4 5.3 19.4 23.3 19.9 10.3 5.5
1987
16-19 14.4 12.5 9.8 25.2 23.2 10.9 2.4 1.6
20-24 9.0 8.7 7.3 24.2 25.5 17.0 6.1 2.4
25-34 6.8 6.3 5.2 17.3 24.8 22.1 12.0 5.5
35-44 7.1 5.1 3.7 15.7 24.1 20.9 14.2 9.2
45+ 13.0 6.2 3.8 14.8 20.0 20.2 13.0 9.1
Total 9.1 7.4 5.9 19.4 24.1 19.1 9.8 5.3
1986
16-19 12.6 13.0 9.3 28.2 21.9 10.1 3.6 1.3
20-24 8.8 7.8 7.1 22.6 26.4 17.3 7.6 2.3
25-34 6.9 6.2 5.0 18.3 25.3 21.5 11.3 5.4
35-44 6.7 5.9 4.3 16.6 22.2 22.7 13.1 8.5
45+ 14.6 6.6 4.8 15.2 18.8 18.8 12.2 9.0
Total 9.1 7.5 6.0 20.1 23.9 18.8 9.7 4.9
1985
16-19 14.3 11.0 9.1 26.9 22.5 12.0 3.2 1.1
20-24 7.8 8.9 5.7 23.5 27.6 16.8 7.0 2.7
25-34 7.0 6.0 5.1 19.2 25.1 20.9 11.2 5.6
35-44 7.0 4.8 5.1 16.1 22.6 22.4 13.4 8.7
45+ 12.8 6.2 4.2 15.2 20.8 19.1 12.8 8.8
Total 8.8 7.2 5.7 20.4 24.6 18.7 9.6 5.1
1984
16-19 13.4 11.5 9.3 25.6 22.8 11.8 4.7 0.9
20-24 8.0 8.2 7.4 22.2 26.1 18.3 7.1 2.9
25-34 6.8 6.3 5.0 18.3 25.3 22.5 10.3 5.5
35-44 6.7 5.4 4.1 17.0 24.6 20.9 13.9 7.4
45+ 10.8 6.7 4.8 14.1 22.5 19.8 13.1 8.3
Total 8.5 7.4 6.1 19.7 24.8 19.3 9.5 4.8
1983
16-19 9.7 11.0 8.8 26.8 24.1 14.2 4.4 1.1
20-24 7.8 7.2 6.2 22.1 27.6 18.2 8.0 2.9
25-34 6.5 5.4 4.7 18.8 25.4 21.8 11.7 5.6
35-44 5.9 4.4 4.1 17.7 23.8 21.4 14.6 8.2
45+ 10.1 6.4 3.9 15.0 19.5 22.2 13.6 9.3
Total 7.7 6.6 5.5 20.2 24.9 19.8 10.3 5.1
1982
16-19 9.6 10.3 8.2 27.1 23.8 14.1 5.0 2.0
20-24 7.5 6.7 6.6 23.2 25.4 18.9 8.0 3.5
25-34 6.7 5.5 4.3 18.4 25.4 22.3 12.1 5.3
35-44 7.0 4.8 4.8 16.0 22.1 22.8 13.1 9.5
45+ 9.9 6.3 5.3 14.0 20.1 21.6 13.2 9.7
Total 7.8 6.6 5.7 20.1 24.0 20.1 10.2 5.5
1981
16-19 10.3 9.6 8.7 28.1 25.5 12.7 3.9 1.3
20-24 7.2 7.7 6.5 22.3 26.7 19.1 7.2 3.1
25-34 6.3 5.8 4.9 17.3 25.1 22.3 12.1 6.3
35-44 5.6 4.8 4.1 14.9 23.6 23.4 13.5 10.2
45+ 10.0 5.1 5.4 14.0 19.8 23.0 13.7 9.0
Total 7.5 6.7 5.9 19.5 24.7 20.2 9.9 5.6
1980
16-19 10.4 10.5 8.6 26.3 24.4 13.7 4.1 2.0
20-24 8.5 7.8 6.8 23.3 25.3 17.7 7.6 3.0
25-34 6.8 5.3 4.5 19.2 25.0 21.7 11.8 5.8
35-44 6.7 4.5 2.9 15.4 23.8 23.1 14.2 9.4
45+ 7.3 5.7 4.4 14.3 21.0 21.6 14.7 11.0
Total 7.9 6.8 5.6 20.3 24.3 19.4 10.1 5.5
1979
16-19 11.3 11.6 10.4 26.4 22.5 12.2 3.8 1.8
20-24 6.4 8.4 6.2 23.7 25.9 18.9 7.3 3.2
25-34 5.7 5.7 4.8 20.4 26.7 20.3 11.0 5.3
35-44 6.9 4.9 3.9 13.2 22.5 23.7 14.8 10.1
45+ 8.3 5.2 3.5 14.1 20.7 24.1 14.8 9.4
Total 7.4 7.3 5.9 20.6 24.4 19.4 9.7 5.3
1978
16-19 12.9 10.8 9.4 27.8 22.0 12.6 3.2 1.3
20-24 8.3 7.8 6.6 23.7 25.1 19.0 7.0 2.5
25-34 6.6 5.4 4.7 19.8 26.2 20.7 11.0 5.7
35-44 6.5 6.3 3.5 14.4 21.2 23.4 15.4 9.4
45+ 8.4 6.0 4.3 14.1 20.6 21.9 14.3 10.4
Total 8.4 7.2 5.8 20.7 23.7 19.4 9.7 5.3
1977
16-19 12.3 11.1 8.8 29.4 22.5 10.6 3.6 1.6
20-24 8.3 7.8 7.2 22.6 26.1 18.8 6.3 3.0
25-34 6.8 5.3 4.8 18.7 24.1 21.5 12.3 6.6
35-44 6.7 4.3 4.5 16.4 22.6 21.9 14.7 8.8
45+ 9.6 4.1 3.9 16.2 19.9 21.6 14.3 10.4
Total 8.6 6.7 6.0 21.0 23.6 19.0 9.7 5.6
Male
1999
16-19 11.9 10.7 10.3 27.3 22.1 12.3 4.8 0.7
20-24 8.7 8.7 8.0 23.8 27.3 15.5 5.8 2.1
25-34 6.9 5.9 6.5 19.4 24.6 21.2 11.6 3.9
35-44 8.0 2.6 4.8 17.9 21.9 21.3 14.3 7.3
45+ 12.5 7.2 5.4 15.0 19.9 20.1 10.8 9.1
Total 9.1 6.9 6.6 19.8 23.4 19.0 10.2 5.0
1998
16-19 14.7 11.5 10.5 25.2 21.7 10.9 3.2 2.2
20-24 7.0 8.5 6.3 25.5 27.0 16.9 6.7 2.0
25-34 8.0 5.8 5.2 18.8 27.0 18.9 11.3 5.2
35-44 7.6 4.9 4.6 15.6 24.4 20.5 14.2 8.3
45+ 12.9 5.1 4.9 13.9 21.0 19.6 13.0 9.6
Total 9.3 6.5 5.7 19.1 24.8 18.2 10.6 5.8
1997
16-19 12.9 11.3 9.1 28.7 22.2 11.1 3.5 1.1
20-24 9.1 6.9 7.0 23.9 25.9 17.5 7.4 2.4
25-34 8.7 6.8 5.6 19.6 24.9 19.8 9.7 4.9
35-44 6.2 4.4 5.0 16.5 23.4 21.5 15.2 7.7
45+ 11.5 7.0 4.7 16.4 19.6 20.6 12.9 7.3
Total 9.1 6.7 5.9 19.9 23.5 19.1 10.6 5.2
1996
16-19 15.1 10.8 7.9 30.2 20.3 12.3 2.9 0.6
20-24 8.2 8.6 7.9 23.8 26.2 16.4 6.5 2.4
25-34 7.1 6.5 5.2 19.8 23.7 21.0 11.1 5.7
35-44 6.8 5.5 4.6 15.8 22.2 22.4 14.2 8.5
45+ 10.6 7.4 4.7 15.9 20.2 19.7 13.2 8.4
Total 8.6 7.3 5.8 20.0 23.0 19.3 10.5 5.6
1995
16-19 14.2 13.2 10.9 25.1 22.0 9.4 3.8 1.3
20-24 7.8 9.5 7.9 24.2 24.6 17.8 6.0 2.2
25-34 6.7 6.4 5.0 20.1 24.8 20.2 11.2 5.6
35-44 7.5 5.6 4.7 16.4 21.0 21.0 16.0 8.0
45+ 10.9 5.6 4.4 15.5 20.7 21.7 13.7 7.5
Total 8.4 7.3 5.9 19.8 23.0 19.3 11.0 5.4
1994
16-19 16.0 11.6 9.6 28.3 19.7 9.2 3.6 2.0
20-24 8.3 8.2 7.6 23.7 25.5 16.5 7.3 2.9
25-34 7.3 6.1 5.3 17.6 24.8 20.8 12.5 5.7
35-44 6.0 5.3 3.8 14.6 22.2 21.4 16.4 10.4
45+ 10.1 5.8 4.9 15.1 18.3 21.9 14.0 10.1
Total 6.8 5.8 18.9 22.9 19.1 11.6 6.4 8.5
1993
16-19 14.8 11.5 7.3 28.9 22.8 9.3 4.0 1.4
20-24 6.7 7.7 6.3 25.7 25.4 18.8 7.0 2.2
25-34 6.7 6.1 6.0 19.4 23.1 21.6 11.4 5.8
35-44 7.1 5.5 4.4 15.1 21.3 24.2 13.9 8.5
45+ 10.6 6.2 4.5 16.0 19.3 18.7 13.6 11.0
Total 6.8 5.6 20.3 22.6 20.0 10.6 6.0 8.1
1992
16-19 12.1 13.4 7.8 26.0 24.4 10.3 4.6 1.3
20-24 8.9 7.3 7.2 22.8 26.0 17.7 7.1 2.9
25-34 6.1 5.2 5.3 18.5 25.0 21.7 12.2 6.1
35-44 7.7 5.0 4.5 14.4 22.8 21.7 15.4 8.5
45+ 10.8 7.4 4.9 15.4 18.9 21.5 13.4 7.8
Total 6.7 5.7 18.9 23.8 19.8 11.2 5.7 8.3
1991
16-19 12.9 11.6 8.6 27.0 21.3 12.8 3.6 2.2
20-24 7.2 8.2 6.7 24.2 26.5 17.9 7.0 2.4
25-34 6.1 5.7 5.0 18.5 24.8 22.2 12.1 5.5
35-44 6.5 5.2 3.6 14.2 22.2 22.7 16.1 9.5
45+ 11.3 5.5 5.1 14.1 20.6 20.2 13.1 10.0
Total 6.8 5.5 19.3 23.8 20.1 10.9 5.8 7.8
1990
16-19 12.4 11.1 8.4 27.7 23.1 12.4 3.8 1.3
20-24 8.3 7.7 5.5 25.0 25.1 17.3 8.3 2.8
25-34 6.8 6.4 4.6 17.7 24.3 22.8 12.0 5.5
35-44 6.5 4.4 4.9 16.1 23.4 21.5 13.6 9.6
45+ 11.8 6.4 4.8 14.6 20.6 20.0 12.1 9.7
Total 6.8 5.3 19.7 23.7 19.9 10.6 5.8 8.3
1989
16-19 12.8 11.7 9.6 25.6 23.3 13.4 2.7 1.1
20-24 7.5 7.5 7.6 24.1 25.1 18.0 7.4 2.8
25-34 6.6 5.8 5.2 18.0 24.3 21.7 12.5 5.9
35-44 6.3 5.1 4.1 16.4 21.6 22.3 14.6 9.6
45+ 10.6 6.3 4.2 14.7 21.3 21.5 12.6 8.9
Total 6.8 5.9 19.5 23.5 20.0 10.6 5.7 8.0
1988
16-19 14.4 13.1 8.5 26.4 20.7 11.8 3.5 1.5
20-24 8.6 8.6 6.1 23.6 25.3 18.1 6.7 3.0
25-34 6.7 5.9 4.7 17.4 24.6 22.3 12.8 5.5
35-44 6.9 5.0 3.5 16.0 22.8 23.5 13.8 8.6
45+ 10.5 7.3 3.7 14.7 18.6 21.1 14.2 9.9
Total 7.5 5.2 19.5 23.3 20.1 10.5 5.5 8.6
1987
16-19 13.5 12.9 9.9 25.8 23.0 10.9 2.4 1.7
20-24 9.1 8.5 7.6 23.9 25.7 16.9 6.0 2.3
25-34 6.5 6.2 5.4 17.3 24.8 22.0 12.3 5.5
35-44 6.7 4.7 3.6 15.9 24.3 20.8 14.7 9.4
45+ 11.9 6.1 3.8 14.9 20.6 20.4 12.8 9.5
Total 7.3 6.0 19.5 24.2 19.0 10.0 5.4 8.7
1986
16-19 12.3 12.2 9.4 29.3 21.9 10.2 3.3 1.4
20-24 8.7 8.0 7.0 22.6 26.6 17.4 7.4 2.3
25-34 6.8 6.2 4.8 18.4 25.5 21.4 11.4 5.5
35-44 6.2 5.8 4.2 16.6 22.2 23.3 13.3 8.4
45+ 13.6 6.5 5.0 15.1 19.3 18.8 12.4 9.4
Total 7.4 5.9 20.3 24.1 18.9 9.7 5.0 8.8
1985
16-19 13.9 10.9 9.1 26.9 22.6 12.5 3.1 1.1
20-24 7.9 8.4 5.8 23.4 27.8 16.8 7.0 2.9
25-34 6.5 5.7 4.9 19.2 25.6 21.3 11.1 5.7
35-44 6.7 4.5 5.0 15.9 23.1 22.4 13.5 8.8
45+ 11.6 6.2 4.1 15.2 20.7 19.9 13.6 8.9
Total 7.0 5.6 20.3 24.9 19.0 9.7 5.2 8.4
1984
16-19 12.8 11.2 8.9 26.0 23.5 11.9 5.0 0.9
20-24 7.7 8.0 7.7 22.5 26.6 17.8 6.9 2.9
25-34 6.4 6.3 5.0 18.3 25.2 22.5 10.5 5.8
35-44 6.6 5.2 4.1 16.6 24.2 21.5 14.3 7.5
45+ 10.5 6.6 4.7 14.5 22.3 19.8 13.3 8.4
Total 7.3 6.1 19.8 24.9 19.3 9.7 4.9 8.1
1983
16-19 9.4 10.7 9.2 27.1 23.7 14.7 4.3 0.9
20-24 7.7 7.1 6.4 22.5 27.4 17.9 8.1 3.0
25-34 6.5 5.4 4.8 18.5 25.7 21.9 11.5 5.7
35-44 5.9 4.3 4.2 17.2 23.9 21.7 14.8 8.2
45+ 9.7 6.5 4.1 15.0 19.1 22.4 13.5 9.7
Total 6.6 5.6 20.1 24.8 19.9 10.3 5.2 7.5
1982
16-19 9.2 10.2 8.1 27.6 24.0 13.8 5.0 2.0
20-24 7.4 6.8 6.6 23.4 25.6 19.0 7.9 3.4
25-34 6.4 5.7 4.2 18.2 25.3 22.4 12.4 5.5
35-44 6.4 4.5 4.8 15.6 22.1 22.5 14.0 10.1
45+ 9.3 5.9 5.1 13.3 20.6 22.4 13.6 9.9
Total 6.5 5.6 20.0 24.2 20.2 10.4 5.6 7.5
1981
16-19 9.9 9.6 8.8 28.3 25.4 12.5 4.2 1.4
20-24 7.4 7.8 6.2 22.2 26.8 19.3 7.2 3.2
25-34 5.9 5.8 4.9 17.4 24.9 22.5 12.3 6.4
35-44 5.5 4.6 3.9 14.7 23.3 23.4 13.8 10.7
45+ 9.2 5.0 5.1 14.0 19.6 23.7 14.2 9.2
Total 6.6 5.7 19.5 24.6 20.5 10.2 5.7 7.3
1980
16-19 10.6 10.5 8.4 26.3 24.9 13.2 4.0 2.1
20-24 8.4 7.8 6.9 23.4 25.1 17.7 7.6 3.1
25-34 6.6 5.3 4.5 18.9 25.2 21.8 12.0 5.8
35-44 7.1 4.5 2.9 14.4 23.7 23.2 14.5 9.7
45+ 7.4 6.0 4.4 14.5 20.0 21.8 15.2 10.8
Total 6.8 5.6 20.2 24.2 19.4 10.2 5.6 7.9
1979
16-19 10.7 11.8 10.1 26.5 23.2 11.9 4.1 1.7
20-24 6.4 8.2 6.2 23.5 25.9 19.3 7.4 3.0
25-34 5.6 5.6 4.7 20.9 26.9 20.4 10.9 5.2
35-44 6.8 4.8 4.0 13.3 22.3 23.3 15.2 10.3
45+ 8.2 5.1 3.5 14.0 20.8 24.2 14.7 9.5
Total 7.2 5.8 20.7 24.6 19.5 9.8 5.2 7.2
1978
16-19 12.3 10.8 9.9 28.3 22.3 12.0 3.3 1.2
20-24 8.3 7.8 6.7 23.8 25.2 18.8 7.1 2.4
25-34 6.3 5.0 4.9 19.9 26.5 20.3 11.3 5.8
35-44 6.3 6.2 3.5 14.9 20.1 23.8 15.5 9.8
45+ 8.1 6.1 4.1 13.8 20.6 22.9 13.6 10.9
Total 7.1 5.9 20.8 23.8 19.3 9.7 5.4 8.1
1977
16-19 12.4 10.7 8.6 30.0 22.2 11.1 3.4 1.7
20-24 8.1 8.0 6.9 22.6 26.3 18.8 6.2 3.0
25-34 6.7 5.2 4.8 18.5 24.4 21.5 12.2 6.7
35-44 5.9 4.0 3.8 16.6 23.5 21.9 15.6 8.8
45+ 8.7 3.9 4.1 16.6 19.9 21.9 14.5 10.5
Total 6.6 5.8 21.1 23.8 19.1 9.7 5.6 8.3
Female
1999
16-19 23.7 10.8 4.3 20.9 16.6 15.1 5.8 2.9
20-24 11.6 9.6 5.0 25.1 21.6 17.6 6.5 3.0
25-34 10.6 5.9 3.6 19.7 27.4 17.9 10.4 4.5
35-44 6.3 5.8 6.1 17.2 23.8 21.3 11.9 7.6
45+ 21.7 6.9 6.9 10.6 21.2 13.8 12.0 6.9
Total 12.6 7.0 5.1 18.5 23.5 17.9 10.1 5.4
1998
16-19 18.3 11.9 4.0 26.2 24.6 13.5 0.8 0.8
20-24 9.9 10.3 6.9 22.3 27.5 13.3 7.7 2.2
25-34 9.3 6.7 5.8 17.7 24.7 21.6 10.5 3.7
35-44 9.0 7.2 3.5 16.2 21.7 19.9 14.8 7.9
45+ 19.0 6.9 5.2 16.0 22.8 14.7 9.5 6.0
Total 11.6 7.9 5.0 18.4 23.9 18.0 10.3 4.8
1997
16-19 13.9 8.8 9.5 27.7 21.9 8.0 6.6 3.7
20-24 11.4 15.2 4.3 23.3 24.8 12.9 5.6 2.4
25-34 9.2 6.5 8.1 17.1 28.3 18.2 10.6 2.0
35-44 6.3 5.3 6.1 16.5 20.3 24.3 12.7 8.6
45+ 18.4 7.0 4.0 15.4 17.7 19.9 11.0 6.6
Total 10.9 7.6 6.4 18.5 23.0 18.4 10.1 4.9
1996
16-19 15.4 15.4 9.6 28.7 24.3 5.2 1.5 0.0
20-24 13.2 11.0 9.1 18.7 25.1 13.2 7.8 1.8
25-34 7.9 5.5 5.0 19.2 25.2 21.7 11.2 4.2
35-44 8.6 6.2 5.2 16.8 24.0 20.7 12.1 6.4
45+ 13.7 8.4 5.6 18.1 18.5 16.9 11.2 7.6
Total 7.8 6.1 19.1 23.7 18.0 10.1 4.6 10.4
1995
16-19 17.9 13.8 9.8 23.6 22.8 6.5 4.9 0.8
20-24 11.6 10.8 10.0 19.2 23.2 16.4 6.0 2.8
25-34 7.4 7.9 4.6 22.1 25.7 17.7 9.2 5.4
35-44 9.1 7.3 4.0 14.9 23.2 21.2 13.9 6.3
45+ 17.2 8.2 4.5 16.4 16.8 20.1 10.7 6.2
Total 8.8 5.7 19.0 23.0 17.9 9.8 5.0 10.9
1994
16-19 23.2 11.3 8.5 26.1 18.3 7.8 3.5 1.4
20-24 11.2 10.8 7.7 22.0 23.6 14.7 6.6 3.5
25-34 7.0 7.2 4.9 16.6 24.4 21.3 12.1 6.5
35-44 9.6 6.2 3.1 18.7 20.1 20.1 15.6 6.5
45+ 14.4 7.2 4.8 15.4 22.1 15.9 10.6 9.6
Total 8.0 5.3 18.8 22.3 17.8 10.9 5.9 11.0
1993
16-19 21.0 12.9 8.1 21.8 19.4 11.3 3.2 2.4
20-24 9.8 8.3 7.2 22.3 25.3 17.4 6.4 3.4
25-34 7.0 5.3 6.8 15.4 23.7 24.2 9.7 7.9
35-44 9.5 5.9 4.4 14.8 19.2 21.0 13.9 11.2
45+ 16.7 10.4 3.7 19.8 21.4 10.4 13.0 4.7
Total 7.3 6.0 17.6 22.3 19.4 9.9 7.0 10.5
1992
16-19 18.1 10.4 10.4 25.7 19.4 10.4 4.9 0.7
20-24 14.1 10.3 8.1 20.0 25.9 13.4 7.2 0.9
25-34 6.9 8.2 4.8 15.8 27.4 17.8 12.7 6.4
35-44 6.8 4.0 5.0 16.4 23.8 22.9 13.6 7.4
45+ 15.9 8.9 7.5 13.3 15.5 21.2 13.3 4.4
Total 8.1 6.4 17.3 24.0 17.8 11.2 4.7 10.6
1991
16-19 17.7 16.2 9.9 24.0 19.2 10.4 3.7 1.0
20-24 10.5 9.9 6.6 22.3 28.1 16.3 5.2 1.1
25-34 7.0 6.2 3.6 18.7 25.6 20.0 12.7 6.2
35-44 10.2 6.7 5.1 16.8 20.3 20.3 13.3 7.3
45+ 15.2 10.4 5.7 18.0 19.9 13.7 10.4 6.6
Total 8.7 5.5 19.7 23.5 17.4 9.9 4.8 10.6
1990
16-19 20.6 12.8 11.3 22.1 21.6 8.3 2.9 0.5
20-24 12.7 6.9 7.7 18.0 27.3 18.3 5.8 3.2
25-34 6.2 6.3 5.6 17.9 25.0 22.3 11.5 5.3
35-44 12.5 6.6 2.8 17.6 21.9 16.9 14.4 7.2
45+ 17.4 7.2 5.5 13.6 17.4 18.6 13.1 7.2
Total 7.3 6.2 17.8 23.6 18.4 10.1 4.9 11.8
1989
16-19 17.8 10.7 13.2 23.1 18.2 11.2 5.0 0.8
20-24 9.3 7.4 6.8 24.3 25.9 17.4 7.1 1.9
25-34 9.4 5.9 4.8 17.3 23.6 23.2 10.8 5.0
35-44 7.1 3.7 7.4 17.5 22.2 22.2 13.2 6.8
45+ 14.5 6.1 6.1 15.3 18.2 21.4 12.1 6.5
Total 6.5 6.9 19.2 22.4 20.1 9.9 4.4 10.7
1988
16-19 18.5 9.2 9.6 24.5 19.3 11.2 6.0 1.6
20-24 10.3 7.3 5.3 23.3 28.0 16.0 6.8 3.3
25-34 8.0 6.8 4.8 17.1 23.5 22.0 11.2 6.6
35-44 10.5 3.3 5.6 14.4 23.0 22.0 13.1 8.2
45+ 22.1 6.8 4.3 16.2 18.7 20.0 6.0 6.0
Total 6.6 5.6 18.9 23.2 19.0 9.2 5.4 12.1
1987
16-19 19.8 10.3 9.1 21.7 24.5 11.1 2.4 1.2
20-24 7.9 10.1 5.4 25.9 23.4 17.3 7.0 2.9
25-34 9.0 7.1 4.4 17.2 24.4 22.6 9.9 5.4
35-44 9.7 7.5 4.1 14.6 23.1 21.5 11.2 8.4
45+ 19.7 7.0 3.5 14.0 16.2 18.9 14.5 6.1
Total 8.3 5.1 19.0 23.0 19.2 9.0 4.9 11.6
1986
16-19 14.6 17.4 9.1 21.6 21.6 9.8 5.2 0.7
20-24 9.7 6.4 7.7 23.2 25.1 16.7 9.0 2.2
25-34 8.0 6.4 6.4 17.5 23.9 22.4 10.6 4.9
35-44 9.8 7.0 4.9 16.8 22.5 18.4 11.5 9.0
45+ 21.5 7.2 3.6 15.7 15.3 19.3 10.8 6.7
Total 8.4 6.6 19.3 22.6 18.0 9.5 4.3 11.4
1985
16-19 16.9 11.4 9.1 26.5 22.4 9.1 3.7 0.9
20-24 6.9 12.1 5.5 24.3 25.9 16.7 6.9 1.8
25-34 10.2 8.1 6.5 19.7 21.7 17.3 11.6 4.9
35-44 8.7 6.4 5.7 17.1 19.7 22.0 12.5 8.0
45+ 20.9 6.4 5.0 15.5 21.8 14.1 8.2 8.2
Total 9.1 6.3 20.8 22.6 16.4 9.0 4.5 11.4
1984
16-19 16.8 13.5 11.5 23.4 19.3 11.5 3.3 0.8
20-24 9.7 9.3 5.2 20.2 23.2 21.3 8.4 2.8
25-34 9.6 6.2 4.6 18.6 26.0 22.6 8.6 3.8
35-44 7.6 6.8 4.4 19.1 26.7 17.5 11.6 6.4
45+ 13.0 7.3 5.8 11.6 23.7 19.3 11.6 7.7
Total 8.3 5.9 19.0 24.1 19.4 8.6 4.0 10.8
1983
16-19 11.3 12.6 6.3 24.8 26.1 11.7 5.0 2.3
20-24 9.1 7.4 5.4 19.0 29.0 20.5 7.1 2.6
25-34 6.5 5.7 4.2 21.6 23.1 20.6 13.2 5.2
35-44 5.6 5.1 3.7 21.5 23.4 19.2 13.1 8.4
45+ 13.2 5.4 3.0 15.0 22.2 20.4 14.4 6.6
Total 7.1 4.6 20.6 25.0 18.9 10.4 4.7 8.6
1982
16-19 11.6 10.8 9.1 23.7 22.0 16.0 5.2 1.7
20-24 8.8 6.5 6.8 21.8 24.6 18.1 9.3 4.2
25-34 9.2 4.4 5.4 20.2 26.6 21.2 9.2 3.8
35-44 10.3 6.3 4.9 18.4 22.0 24.2 8.1 5.8
45+ 14.1 8.9 6.3 18.8 16.7 16.2 10.9 8.3
Total 6.9 6.4 20.7 23.2 19.3 8.6 4.5 10.3
1981
16-19 12.4 9.5 8.1 26.9 25.8 13.8 2.5 1.1
20-24 5.8 7.2 9.0 23.3 26.3 18.0 7.4 2.9
25-34 9.0 6.1 4.9 16.8 26.9 20.6 10.2 5.6
35-44 6.0 5.5 5.1 16.1 25.2 23.4 11.9 6.9
45+ 16.6 6.1 7.7 14.4 21.6 17.1 9.4 7.2
Total 6.9 6.9 20.0 25.6 18.6 8.2 4.4 9.3
1980
16-19 8.8 10.8 10.0 26.7 20.8 17.1 4.6 1.3
20-24 9.1 8.3 5.6 22.1 26.7 18.1 7.7 2.4
25-34 9.0 5.4 4.6 21.8 23.3 20.8 10.0 5.1
35-44 4.1 4.6 2.6 21.9 25.0 22.5 12.2 7.1
45+ 6.4 4.1 4.6 13.3 28.0 19.7 11.5 12.4
Total 6.8 5.5 21.4 24.7 19.5 9.0 5.1 7.9
1979
16-19 15.6 10.3 12.4 25.5 17.7 14.4 1.7 2.5
20-24 6.5 9.9 5.5 25.2 26.2 15.4 6.5 4.9
25-34 6.9 7.5 5.6 16.5 25.6 19.6 12.5 5.9
35-44 7.8 6.0 3.6 12.1 24.1 26.5 11.5 8.4
45+ 8.7 6.2 3.7 14.3 19.9 23.6 14.9 8.7
Total 8.3 6.4 19.7 23.2 18.9 8.9 5.7 8.9
1978
16-19 18.0 10.6 5.8 24.3 20.1 17.5 2.1 1.6
20-24 8.7 7.5 6.0 22.9 23.7 21.4 6.4 3.4
25-34 10.1 8.6 3.0 18.3 23.1 23.9 8.2 4.9
35-44 8.2 7.4 3.0 10.4 30.4 20.0 14.8 5.9
45+ 11.0 5.5 6.1 17.1 20.1 14.0 20.1 6.1
Total 8.0 4.8 19.4 23.2 20.0 9.4 4.2 11.1
1977
16-19 12.0 13.5 10.4 25.0 25.0 7.3 5.2 1.6
20-24 10.1 6.3 9.3 22.4 23.9 18.3 7.5 2.2
25-34 7.3 5.7 4.9 20.7 20.7 21.9 13.4 5.7
35-44 12.1 6.4 8.9 15.3 17.2 22.3 8.9 8.9
45+ 15.6 5.6 2.8 13.3 20.6 20.0 12.8 9.4
Total 7.4 7.3 19.8 21.7 18.0 9.6 5.2 11.0
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Note: Data are from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)
maintained by the National Traffic Highway Safety Administration.
[1] Percentage is computed only for those drivers having known age and
positive BAC scores.
[2] Blood alcohol concentration (in grams per deciliter).
Source: Alcohol Epidemiologic Data System. Yi, H.; Williams, G.D.;
and Dufour, M.C. Surveillance Report #57: Trends in
Alcohol-Related Fatal Traffic Crashes, United States,
1977-99. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism, Division of Biometry and Epidemiology
(December 2001)
