Citation

MMWR Morb. Mortal. Wkly. Rep. 1997; 46(48): 1148, 1155.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, (in public domain), Publisher U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

DOI

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PMID

9395029

Abstract

The table and figure on page 1155 compare alcohol involvement in fatal motor-vehicle crashes for 1995 and 1996. A fatal crash is considered alcohol-related by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) if either a driver or non-occupant (e.g., pedestrian) had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of > or = 0.01 g/dL in a police-reported traffic crash. Because BACs are not available for all persons in fatal crashes, NHTSA estimates the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities based on a discriminant analysis of information from all cases for which driver or nonoccupant BAC data are available.

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