Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Early Release / Vol. 60, October 4, 2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Vital Signs: Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Adults - United States, 2010
• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  Alcohol-impaired driving crashes account for nearly 11,000 crash fatalities, or about one third of all crash fatalities in the United States.
  
  CDC analyzed data from the 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey to obtain the prevalence, episodes, and rates of alcohol-impaired driving (defined as driving "when you've had perhaps too much to drink" in the past 30 days) among U.S. adults aged ≥18 years who responded to the survey by landline telephone.
  
  In 2010, an estimated 4 million U.S. adult respondents reported at least one episode of alcohol-impaired driving, for an estimated total of approximately 112 million alcohol-impaired driving episodes or 479 episodes per 1,000 adult population. From a peak in 2006, such episodes decreased 30% through 2010. Men accounted for 81% of all episodes with young men aged 21-34 years accounting for 32% of all episodes. Additionally, 85% of alcohol-impaired driving episodes were reported by persons who also reported binge drinking, and the 4.5% of the adult population who reported binge drinking at least four times per month accounted for 55% of all alcohol-impaired driving episodes. Episode rates were nearly four times higher among persons who reported not always wearing seatbelts compared with persons who reported always wearing seatbelts.
  
  Rates of self-reported alcohol-impaired driving have declined substantially in recent years. However, rates remain disproportionally high among young men, binge drinkers, and those who do not always wear a seat belt.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Traffic Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Binge Drinking Driving Under The Influence Prevalence Seat Belts
• Source:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR): Vital Signs: Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among Adults - United States, 2010, October 4, 2011
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Subseries:
  MMWR: Early Release
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Issue
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• Volume:
  60
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
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