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Thursday, October 18, 2007

Signs of Progress

Declines in Underage Drinking and Drunk Driving


Table of Contents

Underage Drinking
Percentage of High School Students Who had Their First Drink of Alcohol Before Age 13…………….………………..……………...............3
Percentage of Adolescents Who Have or Have Not had a Drink in the Past Month………………………………………………………………4
Trend Analysis of Current Drinking Among Adolescents…………………………………………………………………………………….............5
Comparison of 8th and 10th Graders Who Drank in the Past 30 Days……………………………………………………………………………....6
Percentage of Underage Youth Who Have or Have Not had a Drink in the Past month………………………………………………………….7
Trend Analysis of Drinking Among High School Seniors …………………………………………………………………………………………....8
Trend Analysis of High School Seniors Drinking 5 or More Drinks in a Row ……………..………………………………………………............9
Trend Analysis of Beer Drinking Among College Freshmen………………………………………………………………………………….........10

Drunk Driving
Trend Analysis of Total Drunk Driving Fatalities…………………….……………………………………………………………………………….11
Comparison of Total Traffic Fatalities to Drunk Driving Fatalities………………………………………………………………………………….12
Drunk Driving Fatalities as a Percentage of Total Crash Fatalities…………………………………………………………………………...……13
Drunk Driving Fatalities Declining Despite Increasing Number of Licensed Drivers.…………………………………………………………….14
Drunk Driving Fatalities Per Million Licensed Drivers………………………………………………………………………………………………..15
Drunk Driving Fatalities Decreasing Despite Increasing Vehicle Miles Traveled…………………………………………………………………16
Drunk Driving Fatalities Per Billion Vehicle Miles Traveled…………………………………………………………………………………………17
Drunk Driving Fatalities Decreasing Despite Increasing Number of Registered Motor Vehicles……………………………………………….18
Drunk Driving Fatalities Per Million Registered Motor Vehicles…………………………………………………………………………………….19
Drunk Driving Fatalities by Blood Alcohol Concentration……………………………………………………………………………………………20
Teen Drunk Driving Fatalities…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..21
Teen Drunk Driving Fatalities as a Percentage of Total Fatalities Involving a Teen Driver……………………………………………………...22
Teen Drunk Driving Fatalities Decreasing Despite Increasing Number of Licensed Teen Drivers……………………………………………..23
Teen Drunk Driving Fatalities Per Thousand Licensed Teen Drivers……………………………………………………………………………...24


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