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Table 2
Fatalities by Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash, 2005

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	1,131	708	63	42	4	382	34	423	37
Alaska	72	37	52	4	6	31	43	35	48
Arizona	1,177	685	58	58	5	434	37	492	42
Arkansas	648	415	64	25	4	208	32	233	36
California	4,329	2,610	60	254	6	1,466	34	1,719	40
Colorado	606	362	60	31	5	213	35	244	40
Connecticut	274	154	56	19	7	101	37	120	44
Delaware	134	68	51	6	5	59	44	66	49
Dist of Columbia	48	22	45	5	11	21	44	26	55
Florida	3,543	2,072	58	201	6	1,271	36	1,471	42
Georgia	1,729	1,184	68	82	5	463	27	545	32
Hawaii	140	69	49	13	9	58	42	71	51
Idaho	275	186	68	5	2	85	31	89	32
Illinois	1,361	781	57	103	8	477	35	580	43
Indiana	938	618	66	47	5	273	29	320	34
Iowa	450	332	74	16	4	102	23	118	26
Kansas	428	277	65	30	7	122	28	151	35
Kentucky	985	672	68	47	5	267	27	313	32
Louisiana	955	561	59	47	5	347	36	394	41
Maine	169	110	65	8	5	50	30	59	35
Maryland	614	379	62	44	7	191	31	235	38
Massachusetts	442	271	61	21	5	150	34	171	39
Michigan	1,129	708	63	58	5	363	32	421	37
Minnesota	559	358	64	26	5	176	31	201	36
Mississippi	931	560	60	40	4	331	36	371	40
Missouri	1,257	742	59	81	6	434	35	515	41
Montana	251	127	51	12	5	112	45	124	49
Nebraska	276	185	67	13	5	78	28	91	33
Nevada	427	268	63	16	4	143	33	159	37
New Hampshire	166	106	64	5	3	55	33	60	36
New Jersey	748	485	65	46	6	217	29	263	35
New Mexico	488	299	61	17	3	172	35	189	39
New York	1,429	905	63	91	6	434	30	524	37
North Carolina	1,534	985	64	65	4	484	32	549	36
North Dakota	123	65	53	13	10	46	37	58	47
Ohio	1,323	818	62	96	7	409	31	505	38
Oklahoma	802	519	65	34	4	249	31	283	35
Oregon	488	311	64	38	8	139	29	177	36
Pennsylvania	1,616	980	61	77	5	559	35	636	39
Rhode Island	87	44	50	10	11	34	39	43	50
South Carolina	1,093	629	58	68	6	396	36	464	42
South Dakota	186	106	57	4	2	76	41	80	43
Tennessee	1,270	806	63	67	5	397	31	464	37
Texas	3,504	1,935	55	198	6	1,371	39	1,569	45
Utah	282	245	87	2	1	35	12	37	13
Vermont	73	44	60	1	2	28	38	29	40
Virginia	947	600	63	63	7	284	30	347	37
Washington	647	353	55	41	6	253	39	294	45
West Virginia	374	248	66	11	3	116	31	126	34
Wisconsin	815	446	55	41	5	328	40	369	45
Wyoming	170	105	62	9	5	56	33	65	38
U.S. Total	43,443	26,558	61	2,346	5	14,539	33	16,885	39
Puerto Rico	453	237	52	33	7	184	41	217	48

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