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Table 1
Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash, 1982

State	Total Fatalities	BAC = .00 g/dL		BAC = .01-.07 g/dL		BAC = .08 g/dL		BAC = .01 g/dL
State	Total Fatalities	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Alabama	839	353	42	51	6	436	52	486	58
Alaska	105	41	39	3	2	62	59	64	61
Arizona	724	302	42	46	6	376	52	422	58
Arkansas	550	216	39	30	5	304	55	334	61
California	4,615	1,816	39	316	7	2,484	54	2,799	61
Colorado	668	246	37	48	7	374	56	422	63
Connecticut	515	159	31	36	7	320	62	356	69
Delaware	122	41	33	8	6	74	60	82	67
Dist of Columbia	35	14	39	4	12	17	49	21	61
Florida	2,653	1,246	47	167	6	1,240	47	1,407	53
Georgia	1,229	479	39	100	8	651	53	750	61
Hawaii	163	60	37	9	5	94	58	103	63
Idaho	256	124	49	22	9	110	43	132	51
Illinois	1,651	637	39	136	8	879	53	1,014	61
Indiana	961	457	48	67	7	437	46	504	52
Iowa	480	230	48	31	6	219	46	250	52
Kansas	498	245	49	25	5	228	46	253	51
Kentucky	822	340	41	81	10	401	49	482	59
Louisiana	1,091	433	40	90	8	568	52	658	60
Maine	166	72	44	10	6	83	50	94	56
Maryland	640	280	44	40	6	319	50	360	56
Massachusetts	659	252	38	38	6	369	56	407	62
Michigan	1,392	521	37	91	7	780	56	871	63
Minnesota	571	249	44	30	5	291	51	322	56
Mississippi	730	307	42	39	5	384	53	423	58
Missouri	890	407	46	61	7	422	47	483	54
Montana	254	83	33	24	10	147	58	171	67
Nebraska	261	130	50	19	7	112	43	131	50
Nevada	280	89	32	21	7	170	61	191	68
New Hampshire	173	62	36	13	7	98	57	111	64
New Jersey	1,061	439	41	107	10	515	49	622	59
New Mexico	577	202	35	45	8	329	57	375	65
New York	2,162	1,031	48	154	7	977	45	1,131	52
North Carolina	1,303	476	37	84	6	743	57	827	63
North Dakota	148	51	34	12	8	85	58	97	66
Ohio	1,607	641	40	103	6	864	54	966	60
Oklahoma	1,054	446	42	85	8	523	50	608	58
Oregon	518	196	38	34	6	288	56	322	62
Pennsylvania	1,819	771	42	106	6	942	52	1,048	58
Rhode Island	105	35	33	6	6	65	61	71	67
South Carolina	730	289	40	38	5	402	55	441	60
South Dakota	148	58	39	9	6	82	55	90	61
Tennessee	1,055	388	37	70	7	597	57	668	63
Texas	4,213	1,413	34	231	5	2,570	61	2,801	66
Utah	295	175	59	15	5	105	36	120	41
Vermont	107	37	35	16	15	54	50	70	65
Virginia	881	388	44	55	6	438	50	493	56
Washington	748	266	36	37	5	445	60	482	64
West Virginia	450	206	46	18	4	226	50	244	54
Wisconsin	770	291	38	38	5	441	57	479	62
Wyoming	201	83	41	13	6	105	52	118	59
U.S. Total	43,945	17,773	40	2,927	7	23,246	53	26,173	60
Puerto Rico	480	214	44	24	5	242	50	267	56

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