Social Indicators Related to Drug Abuse-Drug Prevention SIG , Data Center : Center on the Family

20. Percentage Of Traffic Fatalities Related To Alcohol
	Time Series
	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Jul.	Apr.
Location	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
State of Hawai`i	17.6%	20.0%	16.4%	21.8%	13.1%	9.4%	11.7%	8.4%	14.2%	19.4%	15.8%
Hawai`i County	23.4%	19.6%	18.5%	35.5%	6.1%	21.7%	11.4%	13.3%	14.0%	22.6%	18.4%
City & County of Honolulu	17.0%	14.8%	16.7%	15.8%	10.8%	7.1%	9.2%	6.8%	12.7%	11.6%	18.2%
Kaua`i County	11.1%	18.2%	10.0%	11.1%	25.0%	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%
Maui County	12.5%	33.3%	16.0%	29.4%	33.3%	6.3%	14.8%	0.0%	9.1%	43.8%	8.3%


Technical Notes: The source of the numerator is Hawaii State Dept. of Transportation, Highway Division, Traffic Branch. The source of the denominator is Hawaii State Dept. of Transportation data on total number of traffic fatalities. The number of alcohol accidents may be understated because they are based on initial Motor Vehicle Accident Results, which may not include final blood test results. Also, apparent INCREASES over time in the PERCENTAGE of fatalities attributed to alcohol could be due to decreasing NUMBERS of NON-alcohol-related fatalities. Notes on data quality and data patterns for social indicators related to substance abuse.
Importance of the Indicator: The use of alcohol and excess speed is often seen as connected with motor vehicle accidents and is of concern especially because of the high fatality and injury rates for young people.
Data collected by UH - Social Science Institute (SSRI) and Center on the Family (COF) Under Contract to the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division (ADAD), Department of Health
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