Table 4.

BAC levels among violent deaths with a BAC level reported by testing routineness and state

	Total^a	BAC > 0.0 g/dL^b		BAC ≥ 0.08 g/dL^b
States	N	n	%	n	%
Routine BAC Testing ^c	14,298	4,652	32.5	3,299	23.1
Alaska	646	266	41.2	202	31.3
Connecticut	974	234	24.0	152	15.6
Hawaii	476	127	26.7	80	16.8
Iowa	458	151	33.0	100	21.8
Minnesota	1,495	614	41.1	434	29.0
New Mexico	1,759	729	41.4	522	29.7
North Carolina	5,599	1,719	30.7	1,217	21.7
Rhode Island	465	158	34.0	107	23.0
Utah	2,426	654	27.0	485	20.0
Not Routine BAC Testing ^c	29,614	13,395	45.2	8,877	30.0
Arizona	2,263	811	35.8	513	22.7
Colorado	3,136	1,169	37.3	849	27.1
Georgia	615	226	36.7	149	24.2
Illinois	1,472	486	33.0	312	21.2
Indiana	277	276	99.6	184	66.4
Kansas	553	227	41.0	161	29.1
Kentucky	1,601	462	28.9	361	22.5
Maine	200	55	27.5	33	16.5
Massachusetts	1,883	627	33.3	392	20.8
Michigan	2,880	1,543	53.6	1,012	35.1
New Hampshire	172	172	100.0	127	73.8
New York	2,044	1,376	67.3	774	37.9
Ohio	1,748	1,746	99.9	1,166	66.7
Oklahoma	2,568	786	30.6	573	22.3
Oregon	977	357	36.5	222	22.7
Pennsylvania	460	320	69.6	202	43.9
South Carolina	1,129	623	55.2	415	36.8
Vermont	198	74	37.4	49	24.7
Virginia	2,925	995	34.0	644	22.0
Washington	318	313	98.4	221	69.5
Wisconsin	2,195	741	33.8	518	23.6

BAC: Blood alcohol concentration

Decedents with a specific BAC level reported and in states with a BAC level reported for at least 75% of decedents who had been tested (excluding Maryland and New Jersey).

BAC categories are not mutually exclusive. BAC > 0.00 g/dL indicates any positive BAC.

States with routine BAC testing refers to states that conducted BAC tests on ≥ 75% of violent death decedents. States with not routine BAC testing refers to states that conducted BAC tests on < 75% of violent death decedents.