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Show Drinking and Driving (Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) Table 81 . Drinking and Driving* Year Utah U.S. Low U.S. Median U.S. High 1986 3.4 1.1 3.6 9.5 1987 2.1 1.3 3.3 8.2 1988 1.5 1.4 3.2 8.4 1989 1.5 1.1 2.9 5.9 1990 1.3 0.7 2.9 5.9 1991 1.4 0.7 2.5 6.3 1992 1.4 0.7 2.3 5.7 1993 1.5 0.8 2.4 5.3 1995 1.2 0.6 2.3 5.2 *Percentage of persons who report driving after having too much to drink one or more times in the past month. Sources: Centers for Disease Control, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Behavioral Risk Factor Survey: 1986-1990, (ss-4), pp. 18, 19. Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Health Promotion/Risk Reduction, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1994, Unpublished Report, p. 79. Utah Department of Health, Bureau of Health Promotion/Risk Reduction, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 1993, Unpublished Report, pp. 60, 63. Figure 34 Self-reported data are collected from the question, "During the past month, how many times have you driven when you've had perhaps too much to drink?" The question asks for a judgment, which may be difficult to reason in hindsight or under the influence of alcohol. During the past decade, the rate of drinking and driving steadily declined. Changing social attitudes, stiffer laws, and strict enforcement may have contributed to that decline. One of the strictest statutes in the nation, Utah law limits blood or breath alcohol concentration of .08 percent or greater.47 Persons Reporting Drinking & Driving in the Past Month ¦ U.S. Low DU.S. Medium llU.S.High 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1995 Table 82. Drinking and Driving in Past Month, Nationwide Median and Utah Percentage -1997 Number of times_______None___________1 time__________2 times__________3 times__________4 times______5 or more times Age Nationwide Utah Nationwide Utah Nationwide Utah Nationwide Utah Nationwide Utah Nationwide Utah Group_______________________________________________________________________________________________ 18-24 92.2 94.1 4.8 5.9 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 25-34 94.1 97.3 3.2 1.8 1.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 8.0 35-44 96.0 96.7 2.5 3.0 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 45-54 97.3 99.3 1.6 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 55-64 98.8 95.9 0.7 3.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 65+ 99.5 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 Source: Centers for Disease Control, BRFSS Online Prevalence Data Comparison. [Online] Available <http://www2.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss/...>. 47 Centers for Disease Control. BRFSS Online Prevalence Data Comparison. [Online] Available <http://www2.cdc.gov/nccdphp/brfss/.. .>. 106 |